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Thread ID: 95537	2008-12-09 20:21:00	Retail advertising.	rny (6943)	PC World Chat

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727165	2008-12-09 20:21:00	Is a retailer under any legal obligation to sell an article for the advertised or marked shelf or product price? rny.	rny (6943)
727166	2008-12-09 21:01:00	I believe they have to sell at the marked shelf price, not sure on advertised though as this may be a miss-print.	Rob99 (151)
727167	2008-12-09 21:23:00	No, but most will do so. From memory of my consumer days, there were things like "....offer to sell" and "....offer to purchase" as letouts for pricing errors. Someone may correct me. Ken :thumbs:	kenj (9738)
727168	2008-12-09 21:35:00	A retailer does not have to sell you anything. They are under no obligation whatsoever. The price they have on a product is an offer. If you accept that offer and the retailer accepts your willingness to pay that price, then that is a verbal contract which is binding. Apart from that, a retailer can sell or not sell you whatever he likes. If you don't like his price then you have the choice to go elsewhere. I used to own a business some years back and one of the products we sold was petrol. We were 50km from a main centre where the price was 3c a litre cheaper. Some customers were that mean that they only wanted a couple of litres just to get them to where they could buy it cheaper. A saving of at least $2! The only customers that we would sell less than 10 litres to were motorbikes (obviously.) Anyone else, 10 litres was the minimum - it was just not worth it. We did not make any profit until we had sold one customer 10 litres or more. People would say, "But you have to sell it to us," and our reply was that, "we do not have to sell you anything." In the seven years we were in business, no one ever complained. Besides, you don't have to sell anything you advertise on Trade Me or in the paper if you don't want to, do you? Of course not. You are permitted to change your mind. Why not a retailer?	Roscoe (6288)
727169	2008-12-09 21:41:00	Thanks Roscoe, I thought it went something like that. rny.	rny (6943)
727170	2008-12-09 21:46:00	A retailer does not have to sell you anything. They are under no obligation whatsoever. You are saying you can walk into your supermarket, go to the counter with a packet of biscuits, and they can refuse to sell to you for no reason. :eek: I would challenge that any day, and probably win.	Rob99 (151)
727171	2008-12-09 22:28:00	Plucked from a guide to the Fair trading Act "A trader can refuse a consumer’s offer to buy goods at the price displayed. However, a trader who displays prices which are lower than the actual price at which they are willing to sell is likely to be committing an offence under the Fair Trading Act. This is because they are misleading consumers about the true cost of goods." What are the odds on winning?	PaulD (232)
727172	2008-12-09 22:31:00	Y you can walk into your supermarket, go to the counter with a packet of biscuits, and they can refuse to sell to you I would challenge that any day, and probably win. Why would you? They would only not sell them to you if there was a good reason. People think shops are public places. They aren't. And the shop owner can not only not sell you something they can legally not even let you in. I have chosen to not sell something to a customer here once. Not for price arguments though.	pctek (84)
727173	2008-12-09 23:29:00	You are saying you can walk into your supermarket, go to the counter with a packet of biscuits, and they can refuse to sell to you for no reason. :eek: I would challenge that any day, and probably win. I can't imagine that happening, but any retailer is quite within his rights to refuse to sell you anything. You could challenge that as much as you like but you would lose. What makes you think you have all the rights but not a retailer? Ridiculous. :illogical As pctek says, people seem to be of the impression that shops are public places but they are not. All retail establishments are private property in the same way that your house is private property. Retailers invite you into their store in the same way you invite someone into your house. Both you and the retailer can refuse anyone permission to enter their premises and can even have you evicted. Listen to Ken. He usually knows what he is talking about and he is right once more.:thumbs:	Roscoe (6288)
727174	2008-12-10 00:07:00	Why would you? They would only not sell them to you if there was a good reason. People think shops are public places. They aren't. And the shop owner can not only not sell you something they can legally not even let you in. I have chosen to not sell something to a customer here once. Not for price arguments though. Well owning a "shop" would tend to indicate that you are in a location to sell goods or services. If you do not want to sell goods or services then that is your right. There again that sort of attitude may defeat the purpose which presumably leads to the shop owner making a profit or not as the case may be.	Sweep (90)
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