# People Mistakenly Buying Child-Sized Or Doll Furniture Online **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 22, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mistakenly-buying-child-sized-or-doll-furniture-online/705317 "2014-11-22T03:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mistakenly-buying-child-sized-or-doll-furniture-online/705317/39 "2014-11-24T04:53:09Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > There was a story many years ago about someone who took out a classified ad in “High Times”, advertising an ounce of grass for $5. Lots of people did indeed send in their $5, and got a Baggie with an an ounce of lawn clippings in it. > > No crime was committed. > > What were they expecting, anyway? :dubious: [Previous thread on the subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=478311), where a number of crimes the sellers could be guilty of was enumerated: > [@Is it illegal to falsely advertise for something illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-falsely-advertise-for-something-illegal/458930/2): > > In Ohio they could be charged with counterfeit controlled substances, promoting and encouraging drug abuse, or fraudulent drug advertising, all of which are low-level felonies. See Revised Code 2925.37. When I was a prosecutor I sometimes saw mooks who sold acorn meats and called it crack cocaine, oregano and called it marijuana, or talcum powder or baby formula and called it powder cocaine. “Unclean hands” is definitely a thing, but it doesn’t always get people who scam criminals off the hook entirely. It’s entirely possible for both people in a transaction to be guilty of committing different crimes, and prosecuted as such. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-mistakenly-buying-child-sized-or-doll-furniture-online/705317)._