On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:25:02 +0000, Peter Parry
wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:02:41 +0000, Alex Heney
>wrote:
>
>>So how the hell did they know the price was not the correct one?
>
>By looking at the retailers till prices.
>
>>*somebody* must have been quoted a higher price at the till, or it
>>would not have been possible to know (never mind prove) that the shelf
>>price was misleading.
>
>It isn't necessary for anyone to be quoted anything.
>
>>>No, you are wrong. The offense is created by marking the wrong price.
>>>No purchase or attempt at purchase is required.
>
>>It certainly is for proof, unless they have access to the internal
>>computer data.
>
>The usual method is to put a till in training mode and compare a
>number of products displayed prices against those shown when they are
>scanned. When using POS terminal in this way not only is no purchase
>contemplated it is impossible to make one.
>
That is effectively access to the internal computer data.
I didn't know they could demand that.
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