"The only difference between this and any other marketing campaign is that you just happened to catch them this time."
I'm not sure this is fair.
By displaying false information, they are point-blank lying. That's misinformation. It should be illegal - it could be.
Some other tricks such as 'creating very expensive items which they never expect to sell' as a cognitive 'price anchor' - well, not quite the same thing.
I suggest there is a distinction between falsehoods and other forms of tricks.
In the end it probably doesn't matter, but I wouldn't mind one bit if there was some consumer protections concerning this.
I'm not sure this is fair.
By displaying false information, they are point-blank lying. That's misinformation. It should be illegal - it could be.
Some other tricks such as 'creating very expensive items which they never expect to sell' as a cognitive 'price anchor' - well, not quite the same thing.
I suggest there is a distinction between falsehoods and other forms of tricks.
In the end it probably doesn't matter, but I wouldn't mind one bit if there was some consumer protections concerning this.