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Thread ID: 114954 2010-12-25 19:41:00 42'' LG LED TV for $278!!! xyz823 (13649) PC World Chat
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1164749 2010-12-25 19:41:00 Haha bit of a shame that they didn't honour it!!!

www.imagef1.net.nz

Turns out it was meant to have a 1 on the end! :lol:
xyz823 (13649)
1164750 2010-12-25 19:48:00 That is a bargin.:D

I cannot recall if it is NZ or maybe somewhere else but doesn't the seller have to honour the price if they have put the wrong price on a item ?

Or does that apply to advertising (misleading) that gets you into the store and then you find out the true cost ?

Could be worth checking out.
PinoyKiw (9675)
1164751 2010-12-25 19:49:00 Looked too good to be true. I'll bet that Harvey Norman now have a red faced ticket writer. Bobh (5192)
1164752 2010-12-25 19:49:00 Do they deliver? SurferJoe46 (51)
1164753 2010-12-25 20:16:00 That is a bargin . :D

I cannot recall if it is NZ or maybe somewhere else but doesn't the seller have to honour the price if they have put the wrong price on a item ?

Or does that apply to advertising (misleading) that gets you into the store and then you find out the true cost ?

Could be worth checking out . No they dont have to sell the item at the displayed price .

Under the Consumer Affairs web site:
Does a trader have to sell goods at the displayed price?

No, a trader doesn’t have to sell goods at the displayed price if the price is wrong . But if a trader displays or advertises goods at the wrong price, they may be breaking the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers about the true price of goods .

Where it becomes "Fun"
Can a trader ask for the money back if they sell the goods at the wrong price?

After the sale is completed a trader can’t ask a consumer to pay the extra amount, unless the consumer knew that there was a mistake about the price and the price was considerably less than it should have been .

For example if you bought a jumper for $30 when it was supposed to be $40, then the trader can’t ask for the extra money . But if you bought a new TV that was supposed to be $500 and the trader only charged your eftpos card $50 then the trader can ask you to pay the extra amount .

The actual Price of Goods and Service ( . consumeraffairs . govt . nz/for-consumers/shopping/how-you-pay/price-of-goods-and-services" target="_blank">www . consumeraffairs . govt . nz)

Mind you, if they did sell it at that price, and the person had already walked out of the shop, I bet someone would be "in for it" :D
wainuitech (129)
1164754 2010-12-25 20:36:00 Mind you, if they did sell it at that price, and the person had already walked out of the shop, I bet someone would be "in for it" :D

Yea it was hilarious when the saleman came up to us eagerly offering assistance, only to realise about 5s later that they'd f*cked up big time and he was going to have to deal with it!! :D

In the end he let me take the $448 Samsung LCD 32'' for $100 deposit and I'm going in to pay the rest on payday! Which worked out well for me because they told me when I first asked "no sorry, there's no holds today".
xyz823 (13649)
1164755 2010-12-25 22:07:00 A consideration here apart from the Fair Trading Act is Contract Law.


"There are three basic steps to making a contract. There must be:

an offer made by the buyer: "I'd like to buy this jersey"
acceptance of offer by the seller: "that'll be $59.95"
consideration - both sides must give something. The seller agrees to sell the jersey. The buyer agrees to pay the price of the jersey."www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz

I would imagine in this case Harvey Normon would have the correct price stored on their computer and the customer would be told at the counter "thatll be $2781". The customer would end the contract as he was expecting to pay only $278. It would be realised that a genuine mistake had been made and if Harvey Norman took immediate remedial action there would be little point in taking action under the Fair Trading Act.

I would hate to be the red faced ticket writer.
Bobh (5192)
1164756 2010-12-26 03:33:00 At least your Harvey Normans is open today... --Wolf-- (128)
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