Commentary for Bava Batra 155:2

מאי אין דמים ראיה נמי דקתני דהוי ביטול מקח ואיבעית אימא כי אמור רבנן אונאה וביטול מקח בכדי שהדעת טועה אבל בכדי שאין הדעת טועה לא אימור מתנה יהב ליה:

said unto him: Only [about] those [mentioned above]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those mentioned in the first part of the Mishnah in B.M. 56a. ');">⁵</span> has [this]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the law of exemption from overcharging. ');">⁶</span> been said.'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.M. 56b. But in all other cases, according to the Rabbis, either the overcharge must be returned or the entire transaction cancelled. Why then do the Rabbis say here that the price is no proof implying that the sale is valid and that no overcharge is to be returned? ');">⁷</span> — What is the meaning of [the statement that] the price is no proof? That the [entire] sale is to be cancelled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the overcharging was higher than a sixth of the price; where it was less, only the overcharge would have to be returned. ');">⁸</span>

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