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被多收4美元 哈佛教授和一家中餐館杠上了(組圖)

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  埃德爾曼(左)段冉(右)(圖片來源:波士頓新聞網)

  哈佛商學院(Harvard Business School)副教授本埃德爾曼(Ben Edelman)因為4美元和位於沃本市(Woburn)的四川飯莊(Sichuan Garden)杠上了。埃德爾曼發現餐館老板多收4美元以後,在隨後的3天給老板發送了5封郵件,並稱要采取法律行動。

 

  據“波士頓新聞網”9日報道,埃德爾曼上周通過電話在四川飯莊訂購了價值53.35美元的中餐,然而不久後埃德爾曼發現了一個可怕的事實:中餐館多收了自己4美元!

  想知道一名哈佛商學院副教授如果處理家族式中餐館多收自己4美元的問題嗎?他在5封郵件中,長篇大論地討論了馬薩諸塞州的法律,要求餐館退款12美元,上報相關部門徹查是否所有訂外賣的顧客都被多收錢並揚言“采取法律行動”。

  埃德爾曼與四川飯莊華裔老板段冉(Ran Duan,音譯)的郵件摘譯如下:

  12月5日 埃德爾曼:

  你好:

  今晚,我在你們餐館訂了外賣,下麵是我的訂單,並附上你們網站上列出的價錢以及收據上列出的價錢。請告訴我為什麽價錢不一樣?看起來每個菜都多收了1美元。

  (附上菜單)

  12月5日 段冉:

  本,你好:

  我很抱歉給您帶來疑惑。網站的菜品價格有一段時間沒更新了。我保證會更新。如果您需要最新的外賣菜單,我可以郵件發給您。

  12月5日 埃德爾曼:

  謝謝你的回複。我們很喜歡你們的菜品,但不用給我們發最新菜單了。

  據馬薩諸塞州法律,你們這種網站價錢和實際價格不一致的做法嚴重違法。我勸你馬上停止這種行為。如果你不知道如何更新網站信息,就先停掉整個網站,更新信息後再重新上線。

  在這段期間,我建議四川飯莊退還我多收部分3倍的退款,即12美元。這一要求是馬薩諸塞州消費者保護條理MGL 93a中所規定的。

  請把這12美元打到我的信用卡上,也可以把支票寄到我家。

  12月5日 段冉:

  謝謝你的理解。我們是家族式小店,也為自己能夠提供正宗的四川美食而自豪。

  我將按照網站價格給您退還3美元,您看這樣可以嗎?

  12月6日 埃德爾曼:

  四川飯莊多收了4美元,不是3美元。

  我覺得隻讓你們給我這一個客人退款是便宜你們了。實際上,你們對每一個看過網站然後打電話訂餐的客人們都多收了錢,你們明知網站上的價格很久沒有更新,卻依然這樣做。

  我已將此事報告了有關部門,要求他們強製四川飯莊確定每一個因此受影響的客人,並給他們退款。起碼波士頓會認真對待此事。我知道罰款是對廣告違法的一般處罰。

  在我自己權利沒有受損的情況下,你願意退多少我都接受,4美元或12美元都行。

  12月6日 段冉:

  謝謝您報告相關部門,我們會等待他們的通知,並聽從他們對此事的處理方法。

  我再一次向您道歉,但我們並沒有多收錢,您的付款和其他消費者一樣。我知道上網站菜品價格沒有更新一定給您很帶來很大困擾,沒有更新價格信息是我們的錯。我已聯係了網絡設計公司,保證會在接下來幾天更新價格信息。

  我已經說過,可以退給您4美元,您要12美元也可以,我也願意支付。隻要有關部門告知我如何處理這個情況,我會付所有罰金。

  我也谘詢了專業法律人士,他們建議是:我們的網站上一直有對於價格的免責聲明,聲明上有“價格可能變更”的字樣。這樣我們是受到保護的,也不用遵循你的意見。

  12月6日 埃德爾曼:

  你想要律師解決這個問題?如果是這樣,請把律師的名字、地址和律師的電郵給我,我會據此進行聯係。

  12月6日 段冉:

  我們抱歉給您添麻煩。您似乎是個聰明人,但這事兒真的值得您花這麽長時間嗎?

  緊接著,12月7日,埃德爾曼在最後一封郵件中長篇使用了法律用語,並寫道:我確實有更重要的事情要做。如果一開始你就給我適當的答案,支付我要求的賠償款,並誠心道歉,就沒事了。他還指責餐館老板“找借口”,並辯解自己看錯“分店的頁麵”。

  除了在哈佛商學院教書,埃德爾曼為來自微軟(Microsoft)、全國橄欖球聯盟(NFL)、《紐約時報》(New York Times)等知名企業的工作人員提供谘詢服務。對於多收4美元,他要求市管員關注此事件,還計劃花費“幾天時間”考慮是否通過法律手段解決這次糾紛。

  段冉則是3歲與父母從中國移居美國,當時他的父親希望成為一名歌劇歌唱家,但無法如願。對於四川飯莊的開業,段冉形容為:“像所有中國移民家庭一樣,他們決定開一家中餐廳”。

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哈佛教授正式道歉 曾因多付中餐館4美金發難(圖)

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本周哈佛商學院副教授本·埃德爾曼(BenEdelman)被評為“互聯網上最不喜歡的家夥”,僅僅就是因為4美元。

埃德爾曼發現餐館老板多收4美元以後,在隨後的3天給老板發送了5封郵件,並稱要采取法律行動。

在社交媒體上,很多人表示,埃德爾曼真是給律師和哈佛樹了一個“好榜樣”。

10日,“從我的語言、我表達的方式,我意識到我的表現過火了。無論什麽樣的情況,我一直都堅持也希望以極大的尊重和謙虛的行事方式與他人相處。顯然,我沒有做到。我很抱歉,我會在未來努力做好。我已經聯係了中餐館經理,也會當麵和他本人道歉”。

據“波士頓新聞網”(Boston.com)9日報道,埃德爾曼上周通過電話在四川飯莊訂購了價值53.35美元的中餐,然而不久後埃德爾曼發現了一個“可怕”的事實:中餐館多收了自己4美元!

對於被多收4美元的問題,他在5封郵件中,長篇大論地討論了馬薩諸塞州的法律,要求餐館退款12美元,上報相關部門徹查是否所有訂外賣的顧客都被多收錢並揚言“采取法律行動”。

 

【附:道歉原文】

Harvard Business School associate professor Ben Edelman has apologized to Sichuan Garden Chinese restaurant and Ran Duan following a tense series of emails between the two parties that went viral this week.

HBS associate professor Ben Edelman criticized the restaurant and Duan, who manages the connecting Baldwin Bar, for supposedly overcharging him $4 on a recent takeout dinner order. Edelman said he had alerted local Boston authorities about Sichuan Garden's out-of-date website and Duan's initial offer to only refund him $3.

Here is Edelman's newest statement, via his personal website:

Many people have seen my emails with Ran Duan of Sichuan Garden restaurant in Brookline.

Having reflected on my interaction with Ran, including what I said and how I said it, it's clear that I was very much out of line. I aspire to act with great respect and humility in dealing with others, no matter what the situation. Clearly I failed to do so. I am sorry, and I intend to do better in the future.

I have reached out to Ran and will apologize to him personally as well.

Edelman had previously defended his email exchange with Duan in a statement to Business Insider:

I think the Boston.com piece totally misses the benefit that all diligent consumers provide in looking for overcharges and other errors. We all rely on trust in our daily lives — that when sales tax is added, it actually applies and equals the specified amount; that the meter in a taxi shows the correct amount provided by law and correctly measures the actual distance; that when you order takeout, the price you see online matches the amount you pay in the restaurant. We all take most of this for granted. It would be a lot of trouble to all have to check these things day in and day out. That's exactly why we should be concerned when folks fall short — because hardly anyone ever checks, so these problems can go unnoticed and can affect, in aggregate, large amounts.

If you look at my other work, e.g. http://www.benedelman.org/airfare-advertising/, you'll see I've been pretty diligent in holding large companies accountable for their false statements of price and other attempts to overcharge passengers. Should all small businesses get a free pass? Some people seem to think so, I wonder if that really makes sense.

Notably, though not emphasized in the Boston.com piece, the restaurant at issue knew the website prices had been "out of date for quite some time." At what point should they do something about it? I'm pleased to have at least gotten the problem fixed for the benefit of others.

Sichuan Garden also released a statement on Wednesday afternoon, which you can read in full on Boston.com. In the statement, Duan writes that Sichuan Garden appreciates the support it has received from the local community and people who have reached out from all over the world:

We have been overwhelmed with the response and support that has flooded our way. It means the world to know that there are still good people in this world. We have been contacted by people from California all the way to Australia offering kind words and support. I have been attempting to keep up with writing back personally and thanking each and every one of you. We have been offered donations, free services, including website services and legal advice, which I kindly denied.

I just want to make clear that we are not a business in financial distress. We have been blessed with the support of our amazing community and hospitality family that has understood the value of a hard working family. Your support and kind words are more then enough.
 

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