Transferring a price tag to another product
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Question
If I am in a store where there are trousers with the price tag of a shirt, but they are not my size, am I allowed to transfer that tag to a pair in my size, since I could also buy my own size [they are legally obligated to sell according to the price on the tag]!?
Answer
Shalom and blessings.
The question is not entirely clear. I will write based on what I understood.
There is a pair of trousers that is not your size, with a lower price tag. And there is another pair of trousers in your size with a higher price tag. You wish to transfer the cheaper tag to the trousers in your size.
If I understood the question correctly, the answer is that this is certainly forbidden. (a) According to Halacha, an incorrect price tag does not obligate the seller to sell at the lower price. (b) Even someone who chooses to be fully bound by civil law is not required to sell all the trousers in that line at the lower price because of a mistake on one pair.
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