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Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by rhizome on Saturday May 14, 2016 @07:50PM (#11698596)
I would suggest that if it's impossible to buy the item at the meaningless price that it's an instance of false advertising.
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Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by adevine on Sunday May 15, 2016 @12:23PM (#11701487)
In the US, retail sales taxes are never applied until checkout (a practice that drives friends of mine from overseas crazy because they aren't used to it). Is that false advertising? I'd argue that putting the taxes in up front would be MORE confusing because that's what people expect.
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Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by rhizome on Sunday May 15, 2016 @03:01PM (#11702225)
No, it would not be and is not false advertising to display the pre-tax price because sales tax isn't charged, it's collected for the state.
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