warrrreagl, I'm not against you, I just like to debate. Also, I think some of your logic is mildly flawed.
As for the shipping and handling fee, how is it fraudulent? Merriam-Webster defines fraud as:
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1 a : DECEIT, TRICKERY; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICK
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Since the price is right there before your eyes when you click "Buy Now" in your shopping cart, there is no trickery afoot. If I sell a pack of gum online, then charge $50 for S&H, it is not deceitful, it's right there in plain sight. If you choose to pay $50.75 for my gum, that is on you as the consumer.
The UPCs with one sale price one not? Human error, almost definitely. Doubly so if it was a regional sale (or a store-specific one) and not a national sale. National sale prices are changed at an HQ location and pushed to all stores. They are GENERALLY more careful at this level. Regional and local sales are usually a printed list that a merchandising manager has to manually input changes from. It can be very taxing.
In the end, though, I doubt much of a conspiracy going on. Stuff like this happens all the time. Humans make mistakes. *shrug*