Is it really illegal?

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by sarettah@Jul 22 2005, 03:17 PM
The courts decided that back in the 60s because one of the favorite scams being pulled back then was for a company to send you something you did not order, give you no means to send it back and then bill you for it and eventually take you to court to pay for something that you did not ever want in the first place.

Likewise, if a company puts in the paper a wrong price, say a $499 item in for $49, they can be taken to court if they do not fulfill the advertised price to customers.

This is similiar -- but both are nevertheless different from the broken gas pump. The gas pump one would be closer to say, walking down the street, seeing a store window broke, and then helping yourself to the goods the first guy left behind.