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wwinterj25 posted...

False advertising.

The thing is, false advertising is a crime because it creates the potential to manipulate customers into a purchase they would not have made if the product were not misrepresented, effectively swindling them. If an item's price is mislabeled, that's only going to happen if the difference is relatively minor, in which case the harm is also pretty minor and it's a lot harder to say they wouldn't have bought it if it were properly labeled. In a case like this, the guy lost nothing except the time and emotion he chose to invest into the matter, so you can't really say there's the potential for such harm.