It was my daughters 7th bday yesterday she was given money to go shopping. I took her to a sports shop where she selected a few items to the amount she could afford. When she took these items to the till the guy ripped of the tags and said the price had gone back up which my daughter could no longer afford there was more jkts on the rail at that price is this legal ?|||All above answers re invitation to treat are correct - if this was anything other than a one off mistake though, for example it often happened in that shop to try to make you pay more, then the practice would fall foul of trading standards law.|||Under contract law, the invitation to treat is made at the till and the shop can then determine the price for the items.
However, business to consumer transactions are governed by overriding legislation, formerly the Consumer Protection Act and the Trade Descriptions Act but now the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. This is unquestionably a referral case to Trading Standards, in my view.|||As many people have said already said this is an %26quot;invitation to treat%26quot; (an invitation for your daughter to make an offer). Unlike what some people say, a shop does not have to sell at the advertised price, in fact they are no obligated to sell at all, however they usually will due to good business relations and the avoidance of unwanted negative publicity.
Sorry that this doesn%26#039;t help your situation.|||No, The shop has to sell at the it advertised|||It is, actually. Terrible business practice but it%26#039;s legal. Any price tag in the UK is an %26quot;invitation to treat%26quot;, which means that in fact both the seller and the buyer can haggle over the price until you come to an agreement. Personally I%26#039;d be complaining to the boss, that%26#039;s an awful thing to do to a child.
Edit: No problem, finglas, thanks.|||The shop has the choice to sell at the marked price or remove the item/s from sale. Ring trading standards.|||Sad but true, they have the right to chop and change when they like. if you make a song and dance about it you could win but if i were you i would just never go back to that shop and be sure to tell everyone i know what happened.|||The shop cant do this, they have to sell at the advertised price. But for you knowing this now is of little use, You had to know it on the day.|||Legal ? YES. Good business practice ? NO. All prices in shops displayed on the item (price tag) or on posters etc are in law %26quot;AN INVITATION TO TREAT%26quot; this means a contract is not formed when you decide to choose the item - the contract is formed when you %26quot;check out%26quot; at the till. Therefore the seller may change the price as he deems fit. This is perfectly legal. In fact a shop can refuse to serve you without reason as long it is not racial or discrimination of gender - disability etc.
You can take an item to the till and offer a lower amount for it, once the seller agrees and you pay for it the contract is formed %26gt; the seller can not later on demand more money even if he feels the item was wrongly priced.
Apologies to BARDIC - I did not see your answer when I typed mine.
EDIT%26gt; Whoever gave the %26quot;Thumbs Down%26quot; is not helping the questioner %26gt; Answers stating it is legal are totally correct based on a fact of law.
