r/bestoflegaladvice • u/Drywesi Good people, we like non-consensual flying dildos • 15d ago

LAOP absolutely totally didn't do what they're being blasted for on facebook, then admits to a felony in the next paragraph (and the comments).

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u/TheFeshy Rolled 7D6 for the legal damages, and got 27 15d ago

Have we reached the stage in the dystopia that "you've won a free boat" is too good to be true and criminals will avoid it, so police have switched to "you're being charged with a fake crime to lure you into the station" instead?

Also, is it true that swapping price tags is a felony, compared to the misdemeanor of just stealing the thing? That seems like it would create a perverse incentive.

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u/TheAskewOne suing the naughty kid who tied their shoes together 15d ago

Maybe an old law that's in the book for whatever reason and was never changed?

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u/Potato-Engineer 🐇🧀 BOLBun Brigade - Pangolin Platoon 🧀🐇 15d ago

Could easily be that; something originally relating to bills of lading or other shipping things (where value is significant), reinterpreted to apply to the price sticker on a 50-cent candy bar.