Welcome Guest
Sign In | Register

Seriously? Let’s say the price for ground beef is $2.00 lb

Posted on: June 12, 2020 at 13:10:35 CT
Spanky KU
Posts:
146284
Member For:
20.99 yrs
Level:
User
M.O.B. Votes:
0
and the package is labeled as 2 lbs of meat. The butcher was knowingly using an out of calibration scale and the actual weight of the meat was 1.8lbs. The consumer paid $4 for that package of meat.

Was the consumer overcharged? Did he pay $2/lb?

Was the overcharge theft?



Edited by Spanky at 13:15:02 on 06/12/20
Report Message

Please explain why this message is being reported.

REPLY

Handle:
Password:
Subject:

MESSAGE THREAD

When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, - pickle MU - 6/12 11:35:36
     It would seem that you have chosen the latter evil. (nm) - JeffB MU - 6/12 12:12:06
     Show me a citizen who needs morals or needs law in - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 6/12 11:59:04
     is morality objective?(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 6/12 11:40:41
          No, it is subjective. Each individual has their own moral - ummmm MU - 6/12 11:54:12
               Even those themes seem rather subjective - Spanky KU - 6/12 12:00:59
                    neither 2 nor 3 are theft - pickle MU - 6/12 12:47:07
                         all smart people would disagree with you(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/12 12:48:44
                              how does one "overcharge" for a product? - ashtray UF - 6/12 13:00:17
                                   Seriously? Let’s say the price for ground beef is $2.00 lb - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:10:35
                                        so the butcher committed fraud - ashtray UF - 6/12 13:16:23
                                             he’s dumb (nm) - pickle MU - 6/12 14:14:53
                                                  Yet I remain far more intelligent than either of you - Spanky KU - 6/12 14:32:17
                                             He overcharged. - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:17:43
                                                  Overcharged - ashtray UF - 6/12 13:20:07
                                                       An actual example: - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:28:33
                                                            so CNN decides what "overcharge" means now? - ashtray UF - 6/12 13:35:21
                                                                 Try using the English language...CNN did - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:57:10
                                                                      I did use the English language, regardless of CNN's misuse - ashtray UF - 6/12 13:59:59
                                                                           wikipedia is not a dictionary... Try again(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/12 14:15:56
                                                                                wikipedia isn't the source - ashtray UF - 6/12 14:37:45
                                                                                     There are not sources cited.. try again(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/12 14:42:07
                                                       Keep dancing. Overcharge is a common English word - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:26:03
                                        now you’re changing the subject (nm) - pickle MU - 6/12 13:14:05
                                             No.. I am showing your post was ignorant - Spanky KU - 6/12 13:16:18
                    Those aren't themes. Those are very specific questions. - ummmm MU - 6/12 12:02:33
                         They are themes.. and your comment on #1 - Spanky KU - 6/12 12:25:06
                         The first one is the most objective of all. It is just a - JeffB MU - 6/12 12:14:39
               wait so it is objective(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 6/12 12:00:32
                    It's not. (nm) - ummmm MU - 6/12 12:02:53
                         Then Bastiat's paradigm would essentially devolve to - JeffB MU - 6/12 12:21:07
                              Jeff, even among idiots your idiocy would stand out (nm) - pickle MU - 6/12 12:44:51
                                   That would be pretty embarrassing for you, given that you - JeffB MU - 6/12 13:58:21
                                        oh, the irony (nm) - ashtray UF - 6/12 14:00:16
                         RE: It's not. (nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 6/12 12:05:44




©2025 Fanboards L.L.C. — Our Privacy Policy   About Tigerboard