Morrisons refusing to sell 12 cert dvd?

sayedrahul

Zazen999 wrote: »

There are no age restrictions about selling a 12 Cert DVD to an adult.

OH MY JESUS if you could read from the beginning all the arguments made you will then see what we are discussing. :cool:

Equaliser123

sayedrahul wrote: »

OH MY JESUS if you could read from the beginning all the arguments made you will then see what we are discussing. :cool:

Not sure you have understood the point being made. THERE IS NO RESTRICTION. Hence the cashier and manager were being a bit daft.

sarahg1969

!!!!!! wrote: »

It is not like buying cigarettes to supply to somebody under age. There is no offence of 'procuring a 12 DVD with the intention of supplying it to an under 12'

The Video Recordings Act 1984: 
It is an offence to supply or offer to supply a video recording 
to any person who has not attained the age specified on the
recording.  This legislation applies to video films, video games
and computer games.

The maximum fine for [B]selling or renting[/B] an age restricted
cassette/DVD [B]to a child[/B] under the specified age is £5,000
and/or up to 6 months  imprisonment.

It must be a direct sale or rental to the child, not bought on behalf by an adult.

Is this part of the Video Recordings Act now enforceable? Certainly, until recently, it wasn't. And there was, in effect, no legislation regarding the sale of age-restricted DVDs.

ETA: The "loophole" was closed in Jan of this year by the VRA 2010. However, the law does still only apply to sales to minors.

4743hudsonj

I always the discussion about the sale of solvents to under 18s. Its amazing how many believe its an offence when its clearly not.

If_it_can_go_wrong

Wow, how lucky am I?

I went to B and Q the other day with my 6 yr old and bought a hammer drill.

If some of you on here would have your way they should have refused to sell me this as the cashier would mysteriously "know" that I was actually buying it for my child to do home DIY which is obviously so very dangerous and a health and safety hazard to us all.

As it happens he did a good job putting the shelves up.

unholyangel

If_it_can_go_wrong wrote: »

If some of you on here would have your way they should have refused to sell me this as the cashier would mysteriously "know" that I was actually buying it for my child

Darn those mind reading cashiers!!!!

On another note......on a bottle childs cough syrup "Warning, do not operate heavy machinery".

Yep, all those construction accidents are finally explained! 5 year olds with colds :eek:

If_it_can_go_wrong

arenaman wrote: »

I think it's good that stores are being vigilant in this respect, we hear so much about underage sales of all kinds, we probably all agree in principle that it's good that people are being challenged by stores. The cashier has to make a judgement call, it's not always going to be right but it's made for the right reasons. I wouldn't have been happy but would have accepted it then maybe come back later alone and bought it or sent my other half. I don't think there's much grounds for complaint in this case, just accept they're on the ball and next time you see a group of 15yr olds with booze in the park rest safe in the knowledge it wasn't bought from Morrisons

Yes, and also rest safe in the knowledge that noone is at home enjoying that booze, that may have a young relative with them when they shop in Morrisons.

Seriously get a grip.

Zandoni

This is the third case like this I've heard this weekend, seems shop staff are going bonkersssssssssss.

Zandoni

arenaman wrote: »

Ah silly me trying to compliment a store that's trying to do the right thing here, of course they're going to sell booze to adults with children present unless they had a reason not to

The store is not doing the right thing, they are making an assumption that a parent is irresponsible.

Chimpofdoom

Hmm, well I was reading this thread with interest.. so here's my 2 pence worth..

I have to agree and disagree with what the Sales assistant did. Ok fair enough we live in 2010, British squeamishness is probably a thing of the past and so's common sense.

However, as having once worked as a sales assistant for one of our big supermarkets (back in my teen years) I can sympathise why he did it. It's a bit of the nanny state being enforced and looking after his own back at the same time.

Hypothetically speaking, IF you had been trading standards and say you were testing the store, the responsibility would be on the sales assistant, he would get the fine and very likely lose his job. In this current climate, getting another job wouldn't be so easy.

Remember the sales advisor isn't telepathic, he doesn't know your real intentions, he/she is another human being trying to make it by and earn a living.

Also there's a lot of fuss on here about a DVD, that could have been bought cheaper online :rotfl: