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sejje12/07/20252 repliesview on HN

Call the police to come deal with...mispriced items? That's not the job of police, sorry. Not in the US anyway.


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jkaplowitz12/07/2025

Call the police to stop a store from criminally restraining the freedom of a customer to leave with their purchase after the customer pays the legally mandated maximum price which is often the lower of shelf and scanner price, yes. That's not going to be a high enforcement priority for the police, but it's absolutely a crime if the store does that.

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LorenPechtel12/07/2025

Call the cops to come deal with someone threatening to make a false police report about you.