> Ignoring the moral issue and treating it as a legal issue
It's unfortunate you ignore it. My original question was precisely a moral question. :)
It's unfortunate you ignore it. My original question was precisely a moral question. :)
But if we're debating if the 'taker' should be punished (as in the original post), then the legal question applies. It may be wrong to abuse the opportunity, depending on the circumstances, but it would be far more wrong to put the person in jail for doing something the vendor implicitly seemed to allow.
See, for example, a family who were jailed for exactly this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/jan/16/rebeccaallison2
Citations welcome to this being different in other countries.