Cobotron wrote:william-james88 wrote: I am asking you all if I should do it.
I've never precieved you to be that big of a risk taker. If you did do it, how would you feel afterwards? OF course, if you wanted to it just as a social experiment, you could walk away no matter the out come. But more simply put, no, I don't think you should.
I quickly Googled "US laws governing mispriced consumer goods", and
this is what I found. It even pertains specifically to the State of California.
Honestly, I'm not sure I am interpreting it all correctly.
Thanks Cobo, the link answers the question well, it is all related to the price corresponding t the product.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, at the time of sale of a commodity, to do any of the following:
(1) Charge an amount greater than the price, or to compute an amount greater than a true extension of a price per unit, that is then advertised, posted, marked, displayed, or quoted for that commodity.
(2) Charge an amount greater than the lowest price posted on the commodity itself or on a shelf tag that corresponds to the commodity, notwithstanding any limitation of the time period for which the posted price is in effect.
But I think we knew that (right?). The store is not obliged at all to sell it for an amount not corresponding to the product. If the price tag is not related, then end of discussion, the laws presented above no longer apply and there is no recourse to them for the consumer.
I think the real debate here is if what the OP did was correct at all. This confirms there is no law backing up his actions, he wasn't in the right to do it, but was he in the wrong? I think that is more where this is heading.
And dont worry I wont go get that megazord today. I dont like making a scene and people would definitely look at me funny. There are tons of toys in the wrong places, if every person who was upset by this and tried to pull the stunt then it would truly be chaotic. And there is no recourse anyway. We arent in the right to demand a price match (by law at least) when the tag is for a different product than the one we want .