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I don't see how this is going to be legal from an advertising standpoint?

Surely advertising a price for something, and then it changing when you checkout will be heavily challenged in law terms?
 
Jono8 said:
Surely advertising a price for something, and then it changing when you checkout will be heavily challenged in law terms?
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I doubt anyone cares likje whenever I shop at morrisons usually half the offers expired but they never changed the signs etc.

it's like as a customer your expected to know what dates the offers change on
 
Jono8 said:
I don't see how this is going to be legal from an advertising standpoint?

Surely advertising a price for something, and then it changing when you checkout will be heavily challenged in law terms?
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Of course it's not legal. That won't stop the worriers tho.
 
People talk about this already happening where people add items to their basket on a website listed at one price then it changes at the checkout due to shortages/demand or whatever.

This is happened many times over the years with hardware releases.
 
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G J said:
People talk about this already happening where people add items to their basket on a website listed at one price then it changes at the checkout due to shortages/demand or whatever.

This is happened many times over the years with hardware releases.
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At least with that you get to see it at the checkout.

I think it's pretty unreasonable to be vigilantly watching the display on the checkout and comparing its price with the price you may or may not have remembered from 10 minutes earlier as each and every item gets scanned through.
 
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It's also not illegal - the price on the shelf is an 'invotation to treat', the price at the checkout is forms the 'offer' and 'acceptance' of the contract.
 
Jono8 said:
I don't see how this is going to be legal from an advertising standpoint?

Surely advertising a price for something, and then it changing when you checkout will be heavily challenged in law terms?
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Store pricing is an 'invitation to treat', it's not a contact offer.

When they ring it through the till and tell you the price: that's where the agreement happens.
 
Anyway, surely this is set up to save time and labour changing them all and not some grand plan to stitch you up at the till. Prices fluctuate all the time, it's not just supermarkets trying to bleed you dry. Fresh produce can change depending on weather and harvesting numbers, imported goods will change with currency movement and tariffs.
 
Can say that, I believe, they're in every supermarket here since I've moved here five years ago. (At least every supermarket which I frequent).
The prices do not magically change in front of your eyes but they can swiftly change overnight; just like with paper. :o.
 
ots3go said:
Can say that, I believe, they're in every supermarket here since I've moved here five years ago. (At least every supermarket which I frequent).
The prices do not magically change in front of your eyes but they can swiftly change overnight; just like with paper. :o.
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Yep, Jumbo has them, as does Albert Heijn. I *think* I saw them in Vomar too but can't remember. That being said, Holland (and Europe in general) is leagues ahead of the UK with stuff like this.
 
Diddums said:
We went to the Royal Albert Hall last week, and had a pint at a pub at Hammersmith before going. £11 for two pints. After the show, same pub, same pints, £17.50.

Imagine if they had access to digital labels :D
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This still doesn't change the fact that In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help and if you can find them. Maybe you can hire, The A-Team
 
mrk said:
This still doesn't change the fact that In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help and if you can find them. Maybe you can hire, The A-Team
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Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda civics with spoon engines, and on top of that, he just went into Harry’s and bought three t66 turbos with nos, and a motec exhaust system.
 
mrk said:
This still doesn't change the fact that In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help and if you can find them. Maybe you can hire, The A-Team
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Diddums said:
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda civics with spoon engines, and on top of that, he just went into Harry’s and bought three t66 turbos with nos, and a motec exhaust system.
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Wrong thread :confused: :D
 
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