On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:20:24 +0000, Alex Heney
wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:21:26 +0000, Cynic
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:25:51 +0000, Alex Heney
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>>They CANNOT legally sell the item at the higher price.
>>
>>>>They certainly can.
>>
>>>You have a cite for any retailer who has successfully defended doing
>>>so?
>>
>>I have plenty of cites for cases where it has happened without
>>consequence.
>>
>
>And I could cite you dozens of speeding motorists who do it without
>consequence every day.
>
>That doesn't make it legal.
>
>
>
>>>Or even a reason why you think the law does not apply?
>>
>>I put in my comment because you are regularly pedantic, Alex, so I
>>thought I'd treat you to some of your own medicine. Unless there is
>>some sort of mechanism for physically preventing the exchange of money
>>for goods, the shop certainy *can* charge whatever it likes. For your
>>future pedantry, you may wish to reflect on the difference between the
>>phrases "cannot" and "may not".
>>
>
>Even I am not usually that stupidly pedantic.
>
>Although I do usually say they can't *legally* do it, precisely
>because some people will be :-)
>
>
>>
>>>>>Or do you believe that the Price Marking regulations are a window
>>>>>dressing law with no actual effect?
>>
>>>>So if the teenager doing a holiday job at the supermarket marks a £750
>>>>HD telly as £7.50, you reckon I could (a) legally demand to buy it at
>>>>that price or (b) would not be permitted to buy it at the correct
>>>>price of £750 if I begged on my bended knees?
>>
>>>You certainly cannot demand to but it at £7.50. And I have never
>>>posted anything which suggests for one moment that you could.
>>
>>>>What if the price was altered on the shelf to the correct one?
>>
>>>That is what should happen, of course.
>>
>>>The customer whose purchase has been refused is then free to select
>>>another one, withy the correct price showing, and buy it at that
>>>price.
>>
>>As the price is on the shelf and not the product, why must the
>>customer select another one rather than continue through the checkout
>>with the one he has?
>
>As I said afterwards, I expect that is what will normally happen.
>
>But to be technically legally correct, the store must refuse the sale
>until it has been corrected, and that *usually* means the customer
>will not have it in his hand any more.
....... (to repeat a point) ..... and this is stated where?
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