purple_corsa_gls
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if something is priced on the internet at £0.00 apart from the postage and i pay £55.00 for postage does that mean it would be a legally binding contract???
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Welsh Dan
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Not usually. If its a proper company like eBuyer or whatever, no.
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PaulW
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http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Excessive-Postal-Charges_W0QQugidZ10000000000757961
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purple_corsa_gls
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no its off a proper shop. my cart shows 9 items and its £0 apart from postage. would i have to pay the difference if i bought it?
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purple_corsa_gls
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the reason postage is high is because its £5.95 per item
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Welsh Dan
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What you might find, is that they'll confirm the order, then refund you when they notice their error.
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dave17
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try it
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Colin
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Theres so many clauses for buying on the net, if they notice & its going to hit them in the pocket they will be able to get out of sending the goods.
iirc they are within their rights to email simply saying sorry the displayed internet price was wrong, if you wish to buy it will cost X amount. Not like in a shop where they have to honour the marked price.
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mav
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will be in the small print T and C's...Thats if there was a mistyake it will not stand..
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Tom J
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just buy one if its free, if you buy 9 they will get suspicious 
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Tommy
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This is one of those old wives tales, no company or person "has" to sell u something if it piced wrong.
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ssj_kakarot
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nope it only counts as a legally binding contract at the exact moment the company takes the money from your account not before well thats the general rule.
Most companies will notice the error before taking the money unfortunetly.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Not like in a shop where they have to honour the marked price.
lies, i work in a supermarket and we just say it must have bene one of the customers changing labels or the offer was finished etc.
so many ways to get out of giving the person a refund
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ssj_kakarot
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yeah even if it happens in a shop you dont have to honour it, basically because when something is advertised or on display its technically not an offer its just an invitation to treat ho hum.
although there are laws that effect shops from trading standards ect.
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Colin
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I meant like if you walk into Dixons or the like & theres a fridge on display priced at £350 on their systems but its meant to be £500, they have to sell you it at the lower price.
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Neo
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yeah, i work at a supermarket, and if something is priced wrong we usually let the one customer get it at that price to stop them from going to trading standards, and then get rid of the wrong pricing asap !
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
I meant like if you walk into Dixons or the like & theres a fridge on display priced at £350 on their systems but its meant to be £500, they have to sell you it at the lower price.
in that case, yes you are correct as it is actually on their systems for a lower price than quoted, apologies, thought you meant if prices were higher than quoted.
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mav
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I was in homebase and was buying wallpaper years ago and the wallpaper said on the ticket at shelf 19.99 per roll, but on the paper itself it said sale 9.99..(was jeff banks stuff i think)
When i got to the till they said somebody must have put the stickers on the paper...and it was 19.99 a roll..
I argued the point that it wasn't me and I want it for the marked price of 9.99 and I GOT IT for that price
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Ben G
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mav is gangster 
i usually avoid arguing to avoid emarrassment if it's only say 30p-£1.00 but i guess it's the principle.
and a tenner is definitely worth arguing for 
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mav
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for sure...In a shop i will argue you the point that I want the marked price..
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
yeah even if it happens in a shop you dont have to honour it, basically because when something is advertised or on display its technically not an offer its just an invitation to treat ho hum.
although there are laws that effect shops from trading standards ect.
When I worked in Sainsbury's my boss told me if an offer ends we have to get the tickets changed a.s.a.p because if its advertised for a said price, the person will get it for said price.
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mav
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spot on Eck...
In a shop if the ticket says £20 thats binding....You have to get it at the advertised price and i would always argue that fact..they CAN NOT advertise at £20 and then say OOOO that was a mistake the real price is ????
It's different over the net though.
[Edited on 04-04-2007 by mav]
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Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
spot on Eck...
In a shop if the ticket says £20 thats binding....You have to get it at the advertised price and i would always argue that fact..they CAN NOT advertise at £20 and then say OOOO that was a mistake the real price is ????
It's different over the net though.
[Edited on 04-04-2007 by mav]
Its not massively different over the net
the only thing they can do is charge extortionate prices for p&p, insurance etc...
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
spot on Eck...
In a shop if the ticket says £20 thats binding....You have to get it at the advertised price and i would always argue that fact..they CAN NOT advertise at £20 and then say OOOO that was a mistake the real price is ????
It's different over the net though.
[Edited on 04-04-2007 by mav]
sorry thats totally incorrect, if something is advertised as £20 the shop does not need to sell you it at that price, as ive already said when something is advertised in a shop it is in legal terms not an offer its only an invitation to treat it does not need to be sold at that price if its a genuine mistake.
obviously there are laws which meen you cant put a low price on it to entice buyers to the till ect.
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ssj_kakarot
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A shop owner displaying their goods for sale is generally making an invitation to treat (Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists [1953] 1 QB 401). They are not obliged to sell the good to anyone who is willing to pay for them, even if additional signage such as "special offer" accompanies the display of the good. (But see bait and switch.) This distinction was legally relevant in Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394, where it was held that displaying a flicknife for sale in a shop did not contravene legislation which prohibited offering for sale such a weapon. The distinction also means that if a shop mistakenly displays a good for sale at a very low price it is not obliged to sell it for that amount (wikipedia)
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