Originally posted by IsuZOOM
I have to tell you, taking advantage of an accidental mistake and trying to essentially steal an extra $100 from Dell is immoral. Karma, people
I fully disagree. This was posted recently in a "deals" forum for another taking-advantage-of-a-mistake deal and it pretty much sums up my opinion on the topic.

As long as the marketplace thinks caveat emptor is a valid way to do business there is absolutely nothing wrong with the reciprocal attitude of caveat vendor. In fact, any idealogy that does not acknowledge the inherent fairness of treating others as they treat you is unbalanced. That is not to say that an escalated response is fair play, only that of an equal one.

Now, if you want to change the status quo, then going all gandhi may be one way to do that (like, say in palestine, where people's lives are on the line) but personally I am just fine with the status quo of the marketplace. Vendors do their best (within the law) to extract money from me and I will do my best to extract value from them.