baldy Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 been looking at a site offering an intercooler kit for £1.00 do they have to stand by this price if i order it cheers for any advise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I thought they did Not arguing with you Pete but I thought that if the price shown is for the correct item then they have to honor it, if it's for the wrong item then they don't but they still leave themselves open to fines etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Not if it's a obvious error me thinks... Maybe if it was a few quid out, but not by that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Nope. I used to think that. Mistakes can happen. A retailer is under no obligation to provide a product at that price. They can simply say it's out of stock or something anyway. If they deliberately did it to attract interest - then that's false advertising and is bad. Remember a while back when Argos or someone got the price wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 They will have some sort of Ommission of errors disclaimer no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Yup, here it is http://www.out-law.com/page-6079 Looks like the terms and conditions got them out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Some will honour for good will, this tends to be big companies tho'. Legal standpoint in a shop is that you would hold the item and withdraw from sale for 3 months then put back on sale at correct price. But as said they could just claim it is out of stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymdee Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I used to think this but even if a shop advertises something at the incorrect price they do not have to honour that price. Basically the situation is that you see sonmething for £50 which should be £100 and go into the shop and make them an offer to buy the item for £50. If they don't want to accept your offer then they say no. All to do with old style bartering. The initial price shown is their opening gambit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 thats a shame i found hks type r fmic for £1.00 i wont bother trying to order a few then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSoarer2.5TT Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Puts wig on They do not have to stick buy it under contract, civil law they are quite within their rights to change the price if it's incorrect. However.................. Under criminal law it is an offence to alter the price once it has been displayed. I could go into more detail about unilateral and bilateral contracts but in a nut shell thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 The price of something is only an invitation to trade. Strictly speaking if you go into a shop for a pint of milk priced at 35p the shop owner doesn't have to charge you that price. He could ask for more or less money and it's up to you to decide whether to trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSoarer2.5TT Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 The price of something is only an invitation to trade. Strictly speaking if you go into a shop for a pint of milk priced at 35p the shop owner doesn't have to charge you that price. He could ask for more or less money and it's up to you to decide whether to trade. This is quite correct under civil/ contract law However in criminal law it is an offence to do so. It's a strange one that overlaps into the 2 realms of law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 This is quite correct under civil/ contract law However in criminal law it is an offence to do so. It's a strange one that overlaps into the 2 realms of law. I never knew that. At what point does a pricing issue become a criminal offence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSoarer2.5TT Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 I never knew that. At what point does a pricing issue become a criminal offence? Give me a bit of time, I'll dig out my notes and get some precident case info for you. I'll post up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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