# Pricetag bonanza **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 6, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricetag-bonanza/71496 "2001-07-06T15:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Benfordh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Benfordh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Benfordh)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricetag-bonanza/71496/1 "2001-07-06T15:49:01Z")
I have a few friends who believe differently than me on this issue. If you go into a store and find an expensive item that was accidentally marked down to say, $1, when you take it to the checkout stand, are they legally required to sell you that item at that price? I say that they can refuse sale to anyone at any time and that if you insist on buying the item for $1 they can ask you to leave. There is nothing to prevent a malicious clerk or attempted shoplifter from grabbing a store tag, writing in $1 and slapping it onto a brand new JetSki. Does anyone have any real examples of this legality and not just gut feelings? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricetag-bonanza/71496/2 "2001-07-06T17:43:09Z")
You are correct. If the store makes a this a practice as part of some bait and switch tactic I suppose they could be penalized but you cannot force a store to sell you a mis-marked item for an incorrect price. Now if something was on sale and they left the tag on accidently after the sale was over you might have a argument based on customer satisfaction but there is no legal requirement for them to sell you a product at a mis-marked price. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricetag-bonanza/71496/3 "2001-07-06T21:26:48Z")
[Duplicate thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=77057).