RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 went to rose Morris . The sales asst . Said " £12.99 please ". I looked at the sticker and told him it said £10. "We don't normally doi it , but I will this time" So paid in cash and went about my merry way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyDog Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ah, I can see the fundamental mistake you made there:[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1395230117' post='2399916']went to rose Morris[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Er, are you pleased that you scored a good deal, incredulous at the sales assistant's reply/the shop's crap attitude, or amused at the sloppy price-tagging? It's not clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Or did the sticker really say £12.99 but you sneakily told them it was £10, and they didn't look to check? Maybe purposefully averting their eyes as they scanned it and put in a bag for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenitram Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 And was the paying in cash bit significant? So they couldn't trace you afterwards once you made your getaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Under good old 'invitation to treat' legal rulings I don't think a shop has to sell at a price that's displayed so, if I'm correct, he could have refused your 'offer to buy' at the displayed price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1395231064' post='2399933'] Under good old 'invitation to treat' legal rulings I don't think a shop has to sell at a price that's displayed so, if I'm correct, he could have refused your 'offer to buy' at the displayed price [/quote] Curses! That foils my plan to go down to Bass Gear and put some 99p stickers on the Ritters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1395231064' post='2399933'] Under good old 'invitation to treat' legal rulings I don't think a shop has to sell at a price that's displayed so, if I'm correct, he could have refused your 'offer to buy' at the displayed price [/quote] This is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassix Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Good to see a number of law students knocking around the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza 2905 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Aren't you supposed to come out with a new bass costing hundred's, if not thousands of pounds Ray? That's how the story normally goes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza 2905 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1395230117' post='2399916'] I looked at the sticker and told him it said £10[/quote] Jedi mind trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well, thankfully there was nothing to see . I was talking to myself ' do not look at basses ' My issue tho' if the price says £10, then £10 it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wow, think of what you could buy with that £2.99! I'm thinking of a sandwich. Maybe tuna sweetcorn or one of those pulled ham and cheddar bad boys from Sainsburys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1395231064' post='2399933'] Under good old 'invitation to treat' legal rulings I don't think a shop has to sell at a price that's displayed so, if I'm correct, he could have refused your 'offer to buy' at the displayed price [/quote] This is true, however I think unless its a glaring error, eg £1000 instead of £10000, then the shop would be best to sell it for the £10 and put it down to a mistake.... Very odd though...you would have thought they wouldn't have questioned it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 This thread is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Similar thing happened to me once buying a chromatic tuner. £16 down to £12. Got myself a £3.99 meal deal at Sainsburys - gave the change to a tubercular Victorian prostitute who cried: 'Gawd love yer, Sir! Now I can repair my barrel organ.' [size=3]The fruits of charity[/size] [size=3].[/size] Edited March 19, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I uploaded a set of prices to our website. Due to some quirk with decimal places, something that should be sold for £130 was listed at £13. Obviously some bright spark ordered loads at £13 to sell on. I apologised for the error and explained that I'd have to cancel and refund. They went mental about trading standards and false advertising. Funny thing was a guy in our warehouse saw it too and asked if he could have the lot at £13 to flog on Ebay! Cheeky bastard! You'd get a few sandwiches for £117! No Tesco big eat chicken and stuffing though, they're long gone, never to be seen again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 It sounds like the store assistant was trying to regain some control by making it sound like he was doing you a favour, instead of saying "Oh sorry, my mistake" ... I mean what was he going to do otherwise? Argue with you and lose a sale altogether? : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) [quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1395231321' post='2399939'] This is correct. [/quote] It's correct, but the law is a minimum that the shop has to do. "Good customer relations" and "good business management" go beyond what the law requires. [quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1395242488' post='2400111'] I uploaded a set of prices to our website. Due to some quirk with decimal places, something that should be sold for £130 was listed at £13. Obviously some bright spark ordered loads at £13 to sell on. I apologised for the error and explained that I'd have to cancel and refund. They went mental about trading standards and false advertising. Funny thing was a guy in our warehouse saw it too and asked if he could have the lot at £13 to flog on Ebay! Cheeky bastard! You'd get a few sandwiches for £117! No Tesco big eat chicken and stuffing though, they're long gone, never to be seen again [/quote] I'm no lawyer, but I believe that there is a difference between a mistaken price that is obviously an error, and a mistaken price which is plausible. However, there is also the problem that the law allows the terms and conditions of online websites to delay the formal creation of a contract until ridiculously late in the process, e.g. even after the business has charged the card and sent an acceptance email. Edited March 19, 2014 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1395242488' post='2400111'] They went mental about trading standards and false advertising. [/quote] I love when people get all high and mighty about this. Or when they say they will "see you in court" over something like £30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1395243384' post='2400127'] I love when people get all high and mighty about this. Or when they say they will "see you in court" over something like £30 [/quote] The thing is a lot of shop/office workers will fall for it and capitulate. Fair enough, lose £2.50 for good customer relations, but £117 x 10 units! Not going to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Funnily enough, a few days ago I spotted a very upmarket bass for sale at a well-known shop for one tenth of its' correct price , which in this case is a few grand. Of course, I wasn't daft enough to mention it on this site, where it would inevitably have led to the usual jobsworths telling us how the shop are now obliged to actually sell it to them for that price. They are not, and they wouldn't have done, but I suppose it would have been interesting to hear what kind of rebuttal each individual chancer would have got . Just had a look on the shop's website and the bass is priced at its' true value , so no doubt someone else has drawn their attention to the error, no doubt by trying to walk away with it for Argos money. Edited March 19, 2014 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Adams Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I preferred it when we were talking about sandwiches. BLT (the Hairy Cornflake) anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) Why did Tesco stop doing the big chicken and stuffing wedge? It had loads of mayo and the stuffing was some sort of pork, sage, onion etc. It was my post gig snack of choice. I replaced it with a 4 pack of ale. I've considered suing tescos for causing my liver damage but that's probably pushing my luck a bit far. When you buy a pre-packed sandwich with onion, it has spring onion or red onion. When you buy a freshly made sandwich you get big chunky bits of white onion. I want fresh, but I don't want to stink for 2 days! The sausage sandwich is without a doubt the greatest culinary creation ever made, but to really pull it off, you need a good sausage. Why do no sandwich shops use decent sausages?!? There's one locally to me which is next door to a butchers, but she buys massive bags of cheap frozen sausages which basically taste like cardboad. Edited March 19, 2014 by cheddatom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Carter Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Tuna Crunch...nuff said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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