Originally Posted by
BearX220
Similarly, if there are a bunch of $5 firewood bundles stacked up outside Safeway and you pay the cashier for one but load a dozen into your car, you may pride yourself on craftily outwitting Safeway, but from an ethical and legal standpoint you're a thief who owes Safeway $55. This is really no different.
Faulty analogy. A more appropriate one would be:
You need two bundles of firewood.
Safeway is selling bundles for $5 each or four for $10.
You buy four and throw two away.
Should this be illegal?