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Originally Posted by RWJ
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This is bizarre. This makes me think that either they have no plans to fold, or they're acting in bad faith. Not sure which is more plausible, although I strongly hope it's a).
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There's potentially room for action based on that. It's rather illegal--FRAUD--to advertise a service you don't offer.
Sending out adverts that turn out to be false by the time you show up at the store to claim them ("sorry; ran out an hour ago") is generally legal; sending out an ad for a service you don't offer at all, is not.
Hard to sort out what the damages are, though. Although a person should be able to get a court to demand the prices offered in the ad, possibly plus the cost of pestering a court to demand that price.