Newsgent charging more for 30% extra free lucazade
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I live within 5 minutes walking distance of two Spar shops. Despite being the same firm and so near to each other, they each have their own pricing policy. Both shops are quite good though. I had none of the problems listed above.
They're just taking advantage of tools that pay the price over the shop around the next corner.
bit like tools who buy cars from Car Craft
Use your brain!
I have, on occasion used a local shop and paid more than I could have got the same stuff for at the local supermarket. It was for the convenience, not because I was a tool. At least, I hope? Am I a tool?
[TW]Fox;14831008 said:
Actually, it is a criminal offence to modify either the Use By or the Best Before date - even for dog food. You are only entitled to do so if you were the one who is responsible for originally applying the date, or if you have written authority from that person permitting you to do so.
However, the newsagent needn't bother changing the dates at all because it's not illegal to sell food stuffs, including pet foods, that have passed their Best Before date. However, if such food is in any way spoiled all liability will rest with the retailer.
For food stuffs with a Use By date it is a criminal offence for a retailer to sell food or have food in their possession that is past its 'use by' date. A retailer may sell food marked with a 'use by' date until 12 midnight on the date indicated.
I have, on occasion used a local shop and paid more than I could have got the same stuff for at the local supermarket. It was for the convenience, not because I was a tool. At least, I hope? Am I a tool?
Well there's a time and a place for everything, if the other shop was 10mins walk away then maybe
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Find a member of your local filth (you may have to drag them kicking and screaming out of a speed camera van) and take said filth to the shop and show them what is happening, if things go well the shop keeper may get a £10 fine that he can pay in installments of 50p a week.
Well there's a time and a place for everything, if the other shop was 10mins walk away then maybe
Convenient shop is perhaps 1/4 mile, the supermarket is about a mile. Plus you have to walk a long way inside the shop to get what you want, and queue for ages, versus the small shop.
Well there's a time and a place for everything, if the other shop was 10mins walk away then maybe
What about if the supermarket is too far someone to walk to and they can't, for various reasons, drive there?
Maybe dirtydog couldn't drive to his local supermarket, there was no public transport at that time of day and paying for a taxi would have negated the cost benefit of buying the product at the supermarket.
Could you have driven there, dirtydog?
Not that police are in camera vans anyway, but do you really think a good use of their time would be arresting shopkeepers who are charging a few pence more for bigger bottles of lucozade?
Adam & Joe Style: go into the shop and drink just the 33% free bit and leave the rest, then you wont have to pay
This is a good one
I thought that selling out of 'best before' was only allowed if the price was reduced?
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Yes as the shopkeeper is basically stealing from you as the "free" extra is being charged for.