Is it illegal for competitor to place an order knowing it is an out of stock item?

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breakskater

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Posted: 9 years ago

Is it illegal for competitor to place an order knowing it is an out of stock item?

cds4126

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Posted: 9 years ago

No.

marcwagener

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Posted: 9 years ago

maybe it's on backorder, maybe it's in a second warehouse, maybe you are doing dropshipping.

it's important for your business to show the exact delais, before the costumer is placing an order.

breakskater

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Posted: 9 years ago

It's definitely not a back order. It seems to always be items recently out of stock and discontinued. Maybe it is considered espionage or fraud? It causes extra time looking into product availability (including phone calls) and canceling order.

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Posted: 9 years ago

block their IP

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Posted: 9 years ago

CaseyW wrote:

block their IP

We thought of doing that, however we are concerned it could be an ISP router's IP and could block a group of users instead of just one person.

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