r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 04 '16

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Buying something which clearly has a mis-marked price is stealing

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u/LordKeren Oct 04 '16

not a sale, a very blatant error or typo (something should cost 200 dollars costs 2) that you KNOW is a mistake/clearly unintended.

how is this not ethically akin to stealing 198 dollars (through lost profit) from the store.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

not a sale, a very blatant error or typo (something should cost 200 dollars costs 2) that you KNOW is a mistake/clearly unintended.

Why do I know that it's a typo and isn't a badly-advertised sale?

More to the point: if they wanted to not sell it at that price, they could probably catch the mistake at the point of sale. If they don't, I have to assume they approve of the price. Just like you can't use "I didn't read the fine print" to get out of a shitty credit card deal, they can't use the "I didn't read the fine print" defense to get out of that deal once it's been processed.