Originally Posted by
Vitamin I
People are saying... Apparently this happened both last year AND this year. Sounds like it's either the same sloppy, buggy mistake both years, or else IKON intentionally provides this "loophole" to meet sales numbers in a shady way, or whatever. Apparently, it worked last year for people who skied all winter without ever claiming to be a registered student at any time. And there was nothing throughout the whole process last year to suggest to these buyers that they were doing anything unethical.
Yes. Apparently on BOTH years, the system had at least one Promo Code path that neither mentioned nor functionally required anything about any student classes/registration. Sounds like all they did was IKON reps mention something vague while giving out the code face-to-face on college campuses, saying something like "Would you like this College Promo Code?", which never implied any requirement at any time to be a registered student---you could be a janitor on campus, or just happen to be sight-seeing on campus that day, and you're just like "Wow, IKON is so generous for supporting anyone who happens to be on campus today!"
From what I read, it sounds like the buyers were pretty innocent. It's either a sloppy mistake, or else an intentional shady way for IKON reps to meet sales numbers or whatever. An obvious way to resolve it is for IKON to claim a pricing error, then cancel purchases and refund the money. But apparently, some IKON reps told some buyers "no pass AND no refund"...which I think should lose in court.
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