Is it permissible for a newspaper agent to agree with customers on an advertisement price higher than the official newspaper rate, while charging the newspaper the old rate? And is it permissible to increase the price for customers to an average between the old rate and the new rate that the newspaper has revoked?
It is permissible for the newspaper to retract its pricing, and it has the right to determine the price it deems appropriate. Agents are bound by the prices set by the newspaper owners, and if customers find this surprising, they should be informed that the change was made under the direction of the newspaper owners.
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