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A $1.00 Lakland?!

#65
superfunk47 said:
Also, a question for anyone with the knowledge to answer it:

How would something like this fall in terms of false advertising? I also remember hearing that if something's pretty obviously marked with the wrong price, there's a law saying that they don't have to sell it to you; but how do these overlap?
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I can actually answer that, more or less. (Did a year of lawschool but stopped out of boredom). Someone offering a product is required to sell his product for the price mentioned, though the consumer is passively required to act cautious. This means that if the consumer was aware of the wrong price and the selling party resists, because of the obvious reason, the deal is blown off entirely. If you were to be extremely naive and actually think that a bass could cost 1 dollar, then you could argue that it wasn't your fault and force a selling. But the judge would probably say that selling the bass at that price would be especially bad for the seller and void the purchase anyway. At least that is how it works in the Netherlands. Not too sure about American law, but it can't be far off.
 
#66
They can just say "Sorry, out of stock and we have no more coming in". End of story. Unless their system is very automated, NOBODY is getting one of these for $1.

I agree that it isn't wrong in any way to try though. They say a bass is a $1, so sell it to me for a dollar. Don't post it for a dollar if that isn't the correct price.
 

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