.............with sales through the internet, that are on the increase, the Canadian Government has instituted a whole set of rules to which these sellers have to adhere.
Sale above advertised price
Section 74.05 of the Competition Act is a civil provision. It prohibits the sale or rent of a product at a price higher than its advertised price. The provision does not apply if the advertised price was a mistake and the error was immediately corrected.
If a court determines that a person has engaged in conduct contrary to section 74.05, it may order the person not to engage in such conduct, to publish a corrective notice and/or to pay an administrative monetary penalty of up to $750,000 in the case of a first time occurrence by an individual and $10,000,000 in the case of a first time occurrence by a corporation. For subsequent orders, the penalties increase to a maximum of $1,000,000 in the case of an individual and $15,000,000 in the case of a corporation.
It is interesting to go through these pages that will help the buyer as well as protecting the seller from making expensive mistakes.
see the whole page:
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/e...eng/00522.html
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