Lowe's blows
On Apr 9, 12:50*pm, "JimT" wrote:
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On Apr 8, 5:49 pm, "Sanity" wrote:
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:20:12 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
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You're right, I stand corrected. As someone else pointed out, this
is
America and you can sue anybody you want. Actually prevailing in the
matter, well, that's a whole different story.
Reminds me a fellow, once, that had a dispute with his water
company.
The company turned off his water! *He was going to "bring them to
their knees", *and somehow made them humble :-/
Maybe he could have put soil in his toilets and grew vegetables?!
Guess who won...
Apples and pears.
Why does Lowe's have the manufacturer sign an agreement to guaranty
their
products. *Lowe's knows that they are the first in line to get sued
and want
to be protected. So if they are sued, they in turn will sue the
manufacturer.
Let me ask you a question. You go into an Italian restaurant and order
spaghetti and sauce. * The cook opens a can of commercial sauce and
puts it
on the spaghetti. *You get food poisoning because the sauce is bad.
Who do
you sue? *The restaurant or the manufacturer of the sauce. * The
answer is
you sue the restaurant and he in turn sues the maker of the sauce.
Spaghetti and Manicotti
Lowes didn't "cook" the ice melting product. They didn't open the
package or change it in anyway. They are in no way responsible for
what happened to your concrete.
If you sue the restaurant, you might have a chance of winning because
they played a major part in getting you sick, and maybe the restaurant
has chance of winning their suit with the manufacturer, but that's not
the same situation as simply buying an unaltered product from Lowes.
Look, we can argue the merits all day. Do us a favor: Sue 'em and let
us know how it works out.
Just a little note. I just received an email from their claims
department. They asked for two days and then they'll make me an offer..
So evidently I was right and some of you sideline lawyers are wrong.
Lowe's protects itself by making all it's vendors offer a guaranty or
warranty in their purchase agreement. If the vendor refuses to honor
that warranty Lowe's will in most cases and subrogate against the
vendor. I'll post in a few days with the exact outcome.
Cool! *Please let us know. :-)
Post a copy of the actual letter so we can read and make our own
determination. I'd like to see that "purchase agreement" too.
Thanks
For the third time here is the paragraph. *Lowe's will not give out an
actual copy of their merchant agreement.
""I direct your attention to the Master Standard Buying Agreement,
executed
between your company and Lowe's. Please refer to Article V, WARRANTIES AND
GUARANTEES, sec (5) which contains the following indemnification
agreement.
Pursuant to this agreement your company is responsible for this matter.
Your
company is responsible to Lowe's for the defense and indemnification of
any
and all claims, including expenses and legal fees resulting from this
matter. Lowe's will exercise all available legal remedies to enforce this
agreement Failure on your part to respond to this may result in additional
expenses, as well as legal action being taken against your company.
Lowe's therefore demands immediate acceptance of this claim in writing. If
you have any applicable liability insurance coverage for this matter, you
should immediately place your insurance carrier on notice."
"
Read it: I don't see how this makes Lowes liable. In fact, I think it's
Lowe's way of insuring they won't be liable. In-other-words. If Lowe's does
get sued Lowe's could use this as a contract between them and the supplier.
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