False advertisement when does that apply?

[Sharmista W]

Ok. There is a 2007 Honda Civic on Craigslist. He he is selling it for $9 not 9k jus $9. I e-mailed him to change it to $9,000 in case he was not aware that he had it for sale for $9. If someone wanted to sue him if they wanted the car and he had it advertise for $9 would that rule apply?

[Vinny]

Yes that is false advertisement! You saved his ass!

[Jake]

I'm sure a judge would believe that it was an obvious typo, and that no buyer with any sense of the real world would imagine anything bigger than a matchbook car wold go for $9, No Case.

[Nada Chance]

No.

Flag the ad. He is under NO requirement to sell it to you, at all, in any way shape or form and he is absolutely within his rights to refuse to do business with you.

He's not a public service or a business...he's a private owner. The ball is therefore in his court.

Flag the ad as prohibited or decide if you want to spend $9000 on the car. Legally, you have no standing in this matter. Sorry.

[john]

obvious typo - quite clearly you cannot force someone to sell for $9 a car which clearly costs a lot more.