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Right To Haggle
john63fs
Posts: 3 Newbie
Hi everyone.
I could have sworn the last government introduced a law giving the people of this fair country the legal right to haggle over the price of a purchase. However Google searches, searches here on the forums and on Consumer Direct dot gov dot uk have turned up nothing.
I was searching for 'right to haggle law uk' and 'consumer rights, right to etc' among other things.
Was it all in my head?
I could have sworn the last government introduced a law giving the people of this fair country the legal right to haggle over the price of a purchase. However Google searches, searches here on the forums and on Consumer Direct dot gov dot uk have turned up nothing.
I was searching for 'right to haggle law uk' and 'consumer rights, right to etc' among other things.
Was it all in my head?
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You need a law to haggle?
Just go into a shop and get on with it.
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I think you are getting confused with the 'Right to Haggis' law introduced in the Scottish Parliament."You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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You already have the "Right" to haggle however the seller also has the right to refuse your offers0
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A vendor can sell (or swap) any of their merchandise (given that they're not breaking other laws, e.g selling people) to any buyer for any price. It's a transaction to be agreed by vendor and buyer. You can legally offer any 'reasonable' price for anything. But the vendor can also legally refuse."Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0
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Is there a 'Right to Wiggle' Law too?one of the famous 5
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geordieracer wrote: »Is there a 'Right to Wiggle' Law too?
Totally. If the vendor decides to take, as payment for a bag of spuds or whatever, you wiggling at them (and why wouldn't they?) then wiggle away."Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0 -
The OP is right - there was publicity about this recently. But no law was introduced (as explained in previous posts). Basically it was a way of generating interest in the economic market and encouraging people to still spend money despite the downturn of almost three years ago. The advice was to get out there and haggle. You feel like you're getting a better price... and the goods are still leaving the shelves."Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0
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fluffnutter wrote: »Totally. If the vendor decides to take, as payment for a bag of spuds or whatever, you wiggling at them (and why wouldn't they?) then wiggle away.
You have seen me wiggle then.. I bet you have and you would take that wiggle for anything i was wanting from your shop i promise
one of the famous 50
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