California Business & Professions Code §17501

The strike-through price should be real.

California's 90-day rule: a reference price shown next to a sale price must have actually been the item's prevailing market price within the last three months. PriceWatch CA is a public, community-run ledger of retailers that don't follow it.

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The 90-day rule

Under California BPC §17501, a former price shown next to a discount must have been the prevailing market price within the last 90 days.

Why it matters

Fake reference prices manufacture discounts that never existed and inflate consumer surplus estimates by billions annually.

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