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[–] Gitnerd@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This kind of shit should be illegal - its purposefully misleading consumers. Fake discounts are illegal in the U.S.

"Under federal law in the USA, it is illegal to sell a product at a discounted price if the original price was not offered to the public on a regular basis for a reasonably sustained period of time."

I hate "Retail value" too for shopping networks on television and websites and some outlet stores. Retail value then discounted and then clearance sale 75% off at outlet stores where I live and you still overpay for some no name T-Shirt or pants. QVC is so bad with retail value after watching that South Park episode I actually sat down for a full hour and watched it. They had a computer retail value $1600 for $549 or something and no computer even worth $1000 or more was that bad and I found many computers for $450 that were better. It was many years ago not gaming just a tower and mouse and keyboard I think. There also get their own custom model names and QVC only items for other things so its harder to do a direct comparison because its only listed on QVC. The whole hour it was constantly this major deals that weren't actually deals. Like their sheets I found online cheaper and other items.

[–] Ikl0pt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not from the US, but atleast in the EU the fines for fake discounts are so small that some companies make a profit with the scam and have enough capital left over to just pay the fine and continue like nothing ever happened.

[–] TheOneWhoReadsStuff@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Illegal for you, but not illegal for the big boys.