wrote:
You have likely seen the tv commercial for Flexseal. It sells for
$19.99 per can, but the commercial says you get a FREE can, (plus
separate shipping and handling). I checked into this on their website.
The S&H is $9.99 per can. Thus, those two cans cost you about $40.

Walmart sells it. $12.99 per can. Thus you'll pay about $26 for two
cans, and save $14 (not to mention the wait time). [Ok, there will
probably be sales tax, but no where near $14].

So much for their "FREE" can.
You can actually get about 3 cans at Walmart for the same price as the
"order by mail", and that allows for the sales tax.

*WHAT A SCAM*

It's not a scam. Well, the claims about the product usefulness might be a
scam, but the pricing and the free can offer are not.

scam: to swindle (someone) by means of a trick, a fraudulent scheme

Where's the trick or fraudulent scheme?

They are selling a product at a known price: $19.99. They are charging the
consumer a known price for S&H: $9.99. If you accept their offer of a "free
can" and pay the S&H cost for that can, you aren't getting scammed because
you know exactly what you are getting and what you are paying for. 1 can
for $19.99, 1 can for $0.00, and 2 sets of S&H for $9.99 each.

Just because you can get the product much cheaper someplace else and not
pay any S&H doesn't make the TV offer a scam. You know what you are paying
for upfront. There are no hidden fees, on-going charges or anything
fraudulent going on.

No swindle, no fraudulent scheme - at least not from a pricing perspective.
Now, whether the product itself is a complete rip-off or not is a totally
different discussion.