The Harvard Business School instructor who blasted a Boston-area Chinese restaurant for overcharging him by $4 on a takeout order has apologized. Associate professor Benjamin Edelman complained to the owners the of Sichuan Garden in Brookline after he was charged $1 more on each of the four items he ordered for takeout recently. Ran Duan, the son of the restaurant's owner, acknowledged the prices listed on its website were out of date and promised to update them soon. Angry emailer: Ben Edelman, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard, has unleashed a string of angry and threatening emails to Sichuan Garden, claiming they overcharged him $4 and it was illegal
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Ben Edelman, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard, posted his apology on his website on Wednesday
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'It's clear that I was very much out of line,' he wrote. He also said he would apologize personally to the Sichuan Garden in Brookline, Massachusetts
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On Friday night he had ordered takeout but was angered when his bill was $4 than what it had said when he ordered online
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The restaurant apologized and said its website was 'out of date', but Edelman sent a string of email asking them to credit him $12
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The restaurant has been 'overwhelmed' by support with people as far afield as Australia offering donations and  legal advice
'Under Massachusetts law it turns out to be a serious violation to advertise one price and charge a different price,' @placeholder wrote.
'It strikes me that merely providing a refund to a single customer would be an extremely light sanction for the violation that has occurred,' @placeholder wrote back.