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oooh... pc world are naughty !!! grrrrrrrrr.... bu
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BrianW | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:02 |
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If I remember my contract law correctly, a price ticket is not a binding contract but only an invitation to purchase. You then offer a figure, usually that on the price tag, but there is no binding contract until the vendor has accepted your offer. If they choose to reject your offer then there is no contract. |
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Pat | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:04 |
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Well that's good Sue at least it looks nice :-))) Does it make the tea??? Some are just short of doing everything. Pat x |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:06 |
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Hi Brian, you are right BUT having worked in retail all my working life.... usually you get at least an apology. the machine is on sale everywhere else at £69.99... so i was not bothered anyway.... i just thought their customer service was non existent. nice security guard though.... maybe he would make a better store manager , eh ? sue ;))) |
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Trish | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:07 |
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Brian, I seem to remember something along those lines as well. Usually the DECENT stores will let you have the item at the offered price. |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:08 |
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Oh Pat, that might be what one of the shiny buttons is for ! it would not surprise me, lol. oooh isnt technology wonderfull... and confusing ? sue. x |
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AnninGlos | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:09 |
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brian, you are correct, a lo of people are under the misapprehension that the shop has to sell at the price displayed but it is only 'an invitation to treat', they cannot be held to it. having said that the usual thing is for the shop to give it at the lower price as a good will gesture. obviously PC World did not have any goodwill to give away. Ann glos |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:22 |
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ann, you are spot on ! sue. x |
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Jean | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:25 |
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hi sue, I have had problems with the staff at our local pc world, wrote and complained to head office about them, wont go near that one again, but went to one nr m1 recently and staff were just as bad, so it must be a shop thing. jean |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 1 Dec 2005 15:40 |
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hi jean, i dont usually bother writing... BUT.... think i just might over this... it was just the attitude i did not like. sue. x |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 1 Dec 2005 17:39 |
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Actually, they don't have to hounour the price as the price tag is not a contract to sell at that amount but simply an'Invitation to Treat' What this means it that is is a suggestion of the price that YOU offer to pay, which the shop can then either accept or reject. If anyone is sad enough to want to know more about this, or who is studying Contract Law, then google 'Invitation to Treat' and you will find out more. Most shops will honour their pricing 'mistakes' to avoid hastle and loosing goodwill. |
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