Heineken crates ... 10p!!

Berserker
^^^ i am sure as night follows day that the BBC were talking about this this morning (on news24) and i am sure that they said the price you see on the shelf isnt merely an 'invitition for you to make an offer'. I cant remember exactly unfortunately.

Did anyone else see news24 this morning? They were talking about this heineken thing with ASDA.

And dude i'm after your opinion as well not just what the law currently states........
 
Honestly, if you really thought you would get a crate of anything, let alone lager, for 10p then you are an utter idiot. And those of you that have actually ordered.... WTF!!!!
 
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Dear ASDA customer,

Due to a pricing error on the ASDA.com website, for a short period of time, we displayed a
20 x 330ml pack of Heineken at an incorrect price of 10p instead of £10. This was a genuine mistake and the result of a human error.

As a result we have taken the following action: [/FONT]
 [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]We immediately removed the product from our website and will not be able to fulfil these orders for this product. We have therefore had no alternative but to cancel your order in it's entirety. If you still require other items from your order we would ask you to go to ASDA.com and rebook your delivery.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this error.

Regards,

ASDA.com[/FONT]
 
I ordered me 24 boxes last night and some spirits to boot.

Berserker said:
My opinion is that the law in this case is correct. Mistakes happen.
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I totally agree, it says clearly at the check out page that you'll be charged the full in store price on the day, but I figure I might as well try.

Worst case scenario I don't get any cheap beer.
 
Berserker said:
Any price you see, even on a shelf, is merely an 'invitation to treat'. The shop has no obligation whatsoever to sell the goods to you at that price, or at any price. Once they agree to the sale, the contract is formed and only then can you hold them to it.

Of course, if they misrepresent the details of the goods (including the price), such as showing one price on the shelf and charging another without telling you, or claiming it can do something when it can't, then you have rights under the sale of goods act.

What Asda have done in this case is completely legal. You are within your rights to refuse the goods at the full price and that's as far as it goes.
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Absolutely correct.

I wish they taught the very basics of matters like this at school.
 
Berserker said:
Any price you see, even on a shelf, is merely an 'invitation to treat'. The shop has no obligation whatsoever to sell the goods to you at that price, or at any price. Once they agree to the sale, the contract is formed and only then can you hold them to it.

Of course, if they misrepresent the details of the goods (including the price), such as showing one price on the shelf and charging another without telling you, or claiming it can do something when it can't, then you have rights under the sale of goods act.

What Asda have done in this case is completely legal. You are within your rights to refuse the goods at the full price and that's as far as it goes.
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Absolutely correct.

I wish they taught the very basics of matters like this at school.

The other one hardly anybody seems to understand is "Unsolicited Goods" when it comes to deliveries.
 
Like the time I ordered 100 rolls of Charmin kitchen Roll at 1p for a double pack (a typo on the Tesco Shopping website)

The Tesco van arrived the next day - The delivery man from Tescos had the van loaded up with them (and he had another 5 deliveries to make of them) - he said that they were charging me the shop price (£1.29 each at the time) - but I had the right to send them back if I didn't want them at the shelf price.... obviously I didn't want them at that inflated cost - along with all the other people that day. He was a bit annoyed as he said he'd spent all day delivering them and the girls in our local store were just taking them from the stores and replacing them.

Tough luck I say - The website said 1p ;)
 
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jamief said:
Honestly, if you really thought you would get a crate of anything, let alone lager, for 10p then you are an utter idiot. And those of you that have actually ordered.... WTF!!!!
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Utter idiot?

As others have already stated this has happened before and orders have been honoured, not always in full but in some cases the seller has honoured the first x amount as a good will/promotional gesture.

I look at this as a high odds gamble with no stake begin put at risk, imho you would be an Utter idiot not to try it. :p
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Utter idiot?

As others have already stated this has happened before and orders have been honoured, not always in full but in some cases the seller has honoured the first x amount as a good will/promotional gesture.

I look at this as a high odds gamble with no stake begin put at risk, imho you would be an Utter idiot not to try it. :p
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Years ago this use to happen but with the deal sites, it just gets passed around and from a couple of orders you have 20,000+ orders
 
This reminds me of the (sainsburys?) coupons, last Christmas - I think. Can't remember how much the total discount amounted to though. I know that I bottled it and canceled my order. :o

I'm pretty sure I heard about that on here too. Anyone remember?
 
Berserker said:
My opinion is that the law in this case is correct. Mistakes happen.
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yep its the law. Still though if it keeps happening then...

In retail sales, a bait and switch is a form of fraud in which the fraudster lures in customers by advertising a product or service at an unprofitably low price, then reveals to potential customers that the advertised good is not available but that a substitute is.
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