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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Posner mentions the possibility of a civil claim by the manufacturer. But the manufacturer appears to have known at least that they would be sold at the dollar store. I'm not sure how new labels would hurt the sales at the local Piggly--I'm kind of envisioning a self-stick label applied by the dollar store, not an actual replaced label of the whole thing.
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the reason it is cheaper is that it was suppose to come with a label that says the manufacturer doesn't believe it is good anymore. that way, people who buy into the date can tell themselves it makes sense to pay $5 (at a grocery) for a bottle instead of $1. The guy could have posted a sticker saying "expiration dates don't matter. He didn't. He posted a sticker that implies they matter. in fact, that he bothered to put new stickers on shows that they matter very much to consumers. I assume he covered the old date with the new sticker, no?
Say if you were convinced it made sense to buy high octane premium gas. It would be one thing if I sell regular and put a sign saying "Don't buy premium. It doesn't add anything, it just cost more."
That's not what the guy did. He put a sign up calling the regular premium.
