Are 14 people really looking at that product? (2020)

Post by MaxBarraclough » Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 10:48 PM UTC

rsstack wrote: post #142

drclau wrote: post #118

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> competitors just put a random number that looked nice Is this even legal? It seems this is used to mislead the customer.

I am an engineer, not a lawyer, but I expect that from a criminal perspective it doesn't count as fraud because it isn't material information, and the consumer rights differ vastly between countries and probably don't cover "dishonest but immaterial information" - there weren't lies on the price, on availability, etc. If a company asks me to implement something I believe is illegal I ask for clarifications from a law…

Post by MaxBarraclough » Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 8:45 AM UTC

rsstack wrote: post #182

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #181

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> it isn't material information Why not? The SEC doesn't take that attitude when they catch people artificially manipulating the frequency at which something is trading.

Shirts aren't securities :)