Deceptive advertising

mymatebob

Don't set yourself up to be someone who reads things to "the point of dullness" then if you cant see what it says on the original poster - not a small picture of one in the background on here.

There is a large poster (several in fact) outside my local woolies and in small lettering in the top right hand corner is states - "up to"

Small lettering it may be but perfectly legible.

So again - how were you misled and by whom?

Have you seen an original poster for this sale?

Tozer

mymatebob wrote: »

Don't set yourself up to be someone who reads things to "the point of dullness" then if you cant see what it says on the original poster - not a small picture of one in the background on here.

There is a large poster (several in fact) outside my local woolies and in small lettering in the top right hand corner is states - "up to"

Small lettering it may be but perfectly legible.

So again - how were you misled and by whom?

Have you seen an original poster for this sale?

Jeez. You disagree with someone and they get all narky.

I get paid my salary for checking out detail in contracts. I don't expect to have to examine small print on an advertising poster. Clearly it was designed to catch the attention with "All stock 50% off" or the "up to" would have been the same sized font.

I was misled by the poster. Others were as well. Therefore it is arguably misleading.

dinglebert

Went to a big Wollies yesterday, formally a Big W. They clearly have had a lot of complaints about the posters as they had put up a number of new posters around the store pointing out the "up to" part of the offer. Saying that nothing much worth buying when we got in anyway

Tozer

baddiebasher wrote: »

Even on that poor photograph, I can make out the "upto" bit.

Really? Either my eye sight is failing (which I doubt) or my monitor is broken. I can't read it even zooming in.

mymatebob

Tozer wrote: »

Jeez. You disagree with someone and they get all narky.

I get paid my salary for checking out detail in contracts. I don't expect to have to examine small print on an advertising poster. Clearly it was designed to catch the attention with "All stock 50% off" or the "up to" would have been the same sized font.

I was misled by the poster. Others were as well. Therefore it is arguably misleading.

Narky - me.
Not at all - well not yet anyway.

Thanks for answering.

I do examine the small print on adverts as that's where the important information tends to be.

Tozer

mymatebob wrote: »

Narky - me.
Not at all - well not yet anyway.

Thanks for answering.

I do examine the small print on adverts as that's where the important information tends to be.

I'm afraid I have better things to do.

Anyway, lets agree to differ.

mymatebob

Tozer wrote: »

I'm afraid I have better things to do.

Anyway, lets agree to differ.

Fair enough - lets

All the shops will be shut down soon and there will be no more "bargains"

pinkshoes

I don't get it.

It clearly states UPTO 50% off on the signs, and common sense would state that a business would never sell ALL their stock off at 50% off given they have debts to pay...

And besides, they also supply Zavvi high street shops with all their stock, so they would have passed all their dvds, cds etc... on to them rather than sell them at 50% off!

vivatifosi

d.edna wrote: »

The arm that supplies zavvi and other retailers is not in trouble

It's distribution arm (Entertainment UK) in administration. Please follow this link to Companies House detail on receivers:

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/5bc0f59f5e43dfaac0625a41794e20ba/insolvency

Or this to an article in the Guardian about how its affecting Zaavi:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/02/highstreetretailers-woolworths

As with any business in administration, the administrators will work out which bits are worth selling and move it on. In the meantime, it suffers along with the rest of the company.

Blacksheep1979

Ok, so lets find some in focus pictures shall we -



and



Now I agree it's small but it's more than readable...