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| Thread ID: 51081 | 2004-11-11 01:41:00 | ECS Laptop @ DSE | rmcb (164) | Press F1 |
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| 290393 | 2004-11-11 08:40:00 | > > It maybe related to specific items,but as i said > its > > laid down in the law,One of the things i took note > of > > during my dtat gathering..... > > > > A contract doesn't and can't override the law and > > could easily be contested. > > > Out of interest metla, where did you find this? > > I've never heard of it. Mind you there are alot of > things I've never heard of :) > I think it was in the fair trading act,i may look it up. I looked up a lot of documents when i was in the process of returning a LCD that was supplied with dead pixels..... |
metla (154) | ||
| 290394 | 2004-11-11 11:20:00 | Can't find any reference to it,Bad form if i just imagined it. Probally reading some other countries act by mistake... Lmao. |
metla (154) | ||
| 290395 | 2004-11-11 11:22:00 | > DSE had one running Knoppix when I looked at it. Was that DSE in Manchester Street? They told me it was the last one when i bought it, and while it could be faster, it ran knoppix nicely, and runs SuSE 9.1 rather well! :-) |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 290396 | 2004-11-11 21:03:00 | For what it is worth, I am not aware of any legal requirement for a business to tell people in advance of an upcoming promotion or sale. Perhaps there is. Billy may know. So far as the binding nature of Employment Agreements (Contracts) is concerned, Metla is correct that these could never over-ride the general law. For example an employment contract requiring a salesperson never to give a refund would be void for that specific provision. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 290397 | 2004-11-11 21:24:00 | > Can't find any reference to it,Bad form if i just imagined it . No, you didn't imagine it . Consumer magazine has mentioned this several times and as far as I am aware it is still law . > AFAIK there is no 'law' that says you have to tell all and sundry what specials are coming up . That's just silly . They have to tell their customers if they are asked . Whether the staff themselves are told and thus have the information is another matter . I have found that Farmers staff often know what the following week's specials are going to be as they have the promotional flyer a few days before our letterboxes get them . I remember several years ago when I was discussing a purchase with a saleswoman in Farmers she quietly told me to come back on Monday and buy what I was looking at as it was going to be "on special" the next week . Quite helpful of her considering that I hadn't asked . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 290398 | 2004-11-11 21:45:00 | There's a difference between a friendly word in the ear and an obligation to advise the up-coming promotions if asked. My answer to the question on the shop floor would be "I am sorry but I don't know". I wonder if the cops would have come screaming into the shop with sirens ablaze to arrest me because I DID know.... My son used to deliver flyers, with strict instructions that they were not to be issued before a certain date. I wonder if it was against the law if someone asked us whether Pak n Save had butter on special next week, and we said we couldn't say anything :D Would be interested to see the law. I just looked through the Fair Trading Act, which deals with price controls, misleading advertising etc and couldn't find any specific reference to this topic. I wouldn't imagine it was in the Consumer Guarantees Act, but haven't waded through that today so it may be. IF Ian Orchard from Target or Consumer magazine say it's so, it MUST BE! |
Jester (13) | ||
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