Consumer Law, Warranties Ability to offer promotional pricing to a subset of a group

[lordwoot877]

I have a very interesting problem that I am unsure if it breaks a law, or just is a poor morale decision.

In this case, party A has a special pricing program that offers special pricing to all non-profit organizations (501c). The program is even titled Non-profit pricing. However, party A will not accept ANY non-profit entity other than a 501(c)3 classification.

So, my question is this. What are the legal implications (if any) that party A only offers special pricing to one 501(c) company, when it specifically states that the program is for all non-profit organizations?

 

[army judge]

A business is free to offer discounts or special pricing to anyone they see fit.
They can even do it with the granularity that Party A does.
What Party A is doing isn't illegal.

 

[Michael Wechsler]

As long as party A has stated the terms clearly, the army judge is 100% right on this one. They can specify and define what types of non-profit companies qualify for their discount in the same way they can offer a "generation x" discount to anyone between the ages of 20 and 30 but not a person who is 31 or older. It's their right so long as there is no discrimination issue or false advertising, e.g. bait and switch.