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[Usual_Suspect]

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/search/search.jhtml

£150 42 inch tv, someone's getting the sack for this one!!Woolies

 

[Usual_Suspect]

As the link is now frozen I'll explain. Woolworths have got a 42" tv on their website for £150, obviously this is wrong but I've bought one anyway and see what happens.

Does anyone know if they have to honour it? I'm guessing they can get out of it somehow?

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

They don't have to honour it, but the question is will they notice! Or is that the reason the links frozen!

 

[Usual_Suspect]

Quote[/b] (The Flying Scotsman @ Dec. 15 2006,12:44)]They don't have to honour it, but the question is will they notice! Or is that the reason the links frozen!

People here have bought about 7 each so I reckon they'll notice sooner or later.

Hoping my one might snide through!

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

Do you have a direct link to the product page? I'm trying to search for it but the site's painfully slow (for obvious reasons!).

 

[Usual_Suspect]

The one above should go straight to the tv page, but as you say it's very slow now.

 

[McScriven]

When I worked in retail as student we were always pricing stuff up wrongly but had to sell it at the price advertised. Not sure if that was by law though.

 

[Leeboy]

same here - if something was priced wrong then you had to honour it, Trading Standards and 'customer is always right' bolacs

 

[Firestorm]

Mts will inform better but I think that a price tag is just "an ivitation to treat" and as such is not legally binding.
Instances of pricing mistakes are generally ignored as it is usually poor pr for the company to argue.


In this instance I would say that they well might.

I think it would depend if an email confirmation "of the contact " was sent by woolies

 

[Napster]

I'm afraid the law is on the company's side. The price is only an offer to treat. The deal/contract is not completed until money is accepted. The company can choose not to accept the money and therefore not complete the contract.

 

[Leeboy]

it's easier for the Company to lose a few quid than have bad press, be on Watchdog etc.etc. - I'm sure Woolies can afford it

 

[Usual_Suspect]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ Dec. 15 2006,13:20)]it's easier for the Company to lose a few quid than have bad press, be on Watchdog etc.etc. - I'm sure Woolies can afford it

Not with the amount that's been ordered in my office ha.

Just checked the site and the price is still the same.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Firestorm @ Dec. 15 2006,13:17)]Mts will inform better but I think that a price tag is just "an ivitation to treat" and as such is not legally binding.
Instances of pricing mistakes are generally ignored as it is usually poor pr for the company to argue.

In this instance I would say that they well might.

I think it would depend if an email confirmation "of the contact " was sent by woolies

A gold star for Mr. Firestorm.

That's generally spot on. Trading Standards will only wade in if they think you're being sharp with your pricing behaviour, I believe (ie getting people in the store by saying it costs x when in fact you always intend to charge 2x). In circumstances where, as in this case, there is a palpable error, I think it highly unlikely they'd wade in.

As for contract law, certainly until they've sent you a confirmation, there has been no offer & acceptance and so there is no contract.

Even after they've sent you a confirmation, they'd have a fairly decent shout at proving that the contract was clearly entered into under a 'mistake of fact' (in the legal sense), and that the contract would be void at law.

Sorry, folks.

 

[Firestorm]

**takes bow**

that, Matt is the result of taking "introduction to law" in attempts to get 3 different quallifications, Quantity Surveying , ACCA and ACII

Bombed out 1st year in each of them, but fancy waistcoats , carbollic smoke balls , snails in ginger beer etc all come flooding back when reminded

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Fancy waistcoats? What case is that?

 

[Firestorm]

IIRC entering into a contract with a minor.........

Nash V Inman 1908

Link

 

[Smiffy]

Blimey, theres loadsa Plasmas, laptops, etc etc for silly money!!.

Someones hacked the site!..

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (Firestorm @ Dec. 15 2006,13:45)]IIRC entering into a contract with a minor.........

Nash V Inman 1908

Link

Nash v Inman [1908] apparently.


Edit - I see you've beaten me to it as I stopped to read it!

 

[EastStandBlue]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Dec. 15 2006,13:18)]I'm afraid the law is on the company's side. The price is only an offer to treat. The deal/contract is not completed until money is accepted. The company can choose not to accept the money and therefore not complete the contract.

My flatmate purchased one this morning and has since printed a copy of his bank statement showing the £150 going from his bank, is this now legally acceptable?

 

[Firestorm]

HKB , Nothing to do in your lunch break either eh