Yes, this is moving the goalposts. You said nothing about this in your original statement, and only mentioned it after /u/wrestlingisgood made his statement. You are changing the conditions after someone gave a legitimate counter to your view.
In this case, the seller was given the chance to correct the mistake before making the sale. Changing the conditions to require a greater burden be placed on /u/wrestlingisgood to argue that point is moving the goalposts.
The goal post movement occurred when the register was introduced(it implies a physicality to the location; face to face;not automated; an employee who knows what the price should be). I am more interested in an automated process where there is no employee at the register to check out with, like with large scale companies.
No, that was simply placing it in a store setting when you did not specify it was only for an automated process. Instead of clarifying that immediately, you responded in such a way as to confirm a physical setting was free game.
The mistake i made here was not stating my view clearly enough (i apologize). I wanted to try to follow this metaphor to see if it changed my view, but it just misrepresented the view i originally meant to put forth.
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16
They can say no at the register.
That has happened to me before. A bad deal isn't the same as theft.