Reply To: Maybe I Should Compensate The Store Owner…?

Do we now owe money to these stores for the loss of sales?

No. It’s not the same thing at all.

It’s one thing to tell a friend that they can find a bargain at store X. The owner of store Y has no expectation of making a sale from my friend, and so I owe him no obligation for any sale he may lose.

Here, however, the customer was already in the store (or on the phone, ready to make a purchase). At that point, the store owner would have had a valid expectation of making a sale — which I robbed him of.

The Wolf