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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by BurningFrog on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:34AM (#21625722)
Insisting on buying at the mistaken price might have been legal, but it would still be a major jerk move.
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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by welly on Monday November 25, 2019 @04:16AM (#21626574)
> but it would still be a major jerk move.

Why? Genuinely curious.

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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by BurningFrog on Monday November 25, 2019 @10:49AM (#21629137)
To me it's basically stealing. The misprinted price is clearly not what the store intended, which means it would not be a consensual transaction.

I'm in turn genuinely curious how this is not obvious.

Would you be comfortable doing the same to someone who accidentally omitted a zero on their used car sales price on Craigslist?

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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by shard on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:32AM (#21626887)
Well, whichever worker accidentally mislabeled it could have a really bad day, depending on how much money the store ended up losing.
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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by welly on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:16AM (#21627083)
That's fair.
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Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? by MrBuddyCasino on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:08AM (#21626784)
How is this downvoted? Is capitalising on someone else's innocent mistake at all costs really the high road to take here?
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