Originally Posted by ronin
I went to a website, and beheld the published offer. If that webpage was indeed published by Continental or Chase or both, then they thereby made the offer. The method of acceptance of that offer was all contained in the published language.
In the past every time I was not eligible for an offer, the website quickly informed me of it. Therefore, eligibility checks are made at time of acceptance. However, this time it quickly confirmed my registering for it, and hence presumably my eligibility, and hence my acceptance of their published offer.
This does not legally have any merit. If the foundation of a contract is based on a set of facts that one party knows is incorrect or mistaken, a contract is not formed. The law does not protect injust enrichment.
Everyone signing up on for this who did not get targeted for this via email, mail, tel, fax, etc. Knows that this deal is too good to be true. It is not like getting a code for 5,000 miles. It is reasonable that co would run a promo for 5,000- 15,000 miles. This offer is obviously a mistake to everyone. If you dont belive so you are in denial.
This is no different than chase posting a $1000.00 credit to your account by accident. They are so huge it may take a month for them to figure thier mistake out. Trust me when they do all of the reliance arguments wont mean anything.
To this post has been the most entertaining one on ft. I love reading grown men and women justify enriching themselves on someone elses mistake. Is entering random promo codes on a website any different than trying random combos on a combination lock until you are successful?