Morrisons refusing to sell 12 cert dvd?

sarahg1969

Chimpofdoom wrote: »

...you can hardly blame him for what he did, given the potential ramifications for what could have happened.. not what did, what could of happened.

But, nothing COULD have happened. There is no offence he could have committed by selling that DVD to an adult. That's the whole point.

Chimpofdoom

sarahg1969 wrote: »

But, nothing COULD have happened. There is no offence he could have committed by selling that DVD to an adult. That's the whole point.

Yes thank you for repeating the previous post.

sarahg1969

Chimpofdoom wrote: »

Yes thank you for repeating the previous post.

That's OK. Glad it's gone in now. It only took 3 pages.

Er17fidge

Thank you everyone for your comments. I have cooled down a bit since the incident, but still will not shop at morrisons again. Yes, my daughter was handling the dvd - however I have now checked it and it was a 12a .we saw it at the cinema as a family!!!!. This is why I cannot understand why I was refused the sale. I have had the standard reply from my complaint to them which means absolutely nothing to me and will not change my mind about shopping there.

Smeep

pcombo wrote: »

I would refuse you too. As your daughter isn't old enough to have it. That is the reason for dvd ratings. And the cashier knows your gonna buy then give it straight to your daughter.

It's not a legal obligation to refuse sale, as long is there is no doubt that the person you are selling it to is directly responsible for the child. I.E. Parent, Older Sibling or Carer or the person is indeed old enough.

I work in a retail store that sells mountains of Age Rated products, and we are very stricked on ID, and a lot of things we sell are sold to the parents and the parents just don't care. We have to advise them that they will be submitting their child to graphics images of Sex, Drugs, Murder, Gore and Prostitution, Degradation, Racism, Sexism, Crime etc etc - and they just go "Oh they see it all on TV anyway".

What kind of a parent is that? Seriously? If your 6 year old kids are watching that sort of stuff on TV you need to take a good hard look in the morality mirror.

If however, someone had walked in off the street who was underage, tried to buy it, then someone else walked in 30 seconds later and came up to the counter and asked for the same product I would refuse to sell it on the grounds that it's most likely they've sent someone in.

Sorry about my little rant there, it really gets my goat to see underage kids being given things that will warp their little minds
If the SA refuses to sell it, they are well within their rights to but I agree with you that this SA was just a little over zealous in refusing. Still, no harm done

sassy_one

They have the right to refuse you any age restricted item/product - and it is enforced.

I tried buying a bottle of wine last year, I had ID, no problem, but as a friends child was with her, she then asked them can I see your ID too, they didn't have any and the wine was refused to me.

I made a huge point of making my point clear, stating it was a stupid over rated staff member, in was in fact Tesco's.

They got the manger, and people were looking, I advised him to call the Police as I believed they were abusing there power in the act they were using, he refused at first when I stated I would come back in an hour later alone and buy it, when he said, No, as it would still be the same, no sell as no ID for the persons with me, madness.

I have since contacted my local Police force and spoken to a number of persons, one of them being a Detective whom has advised me, I was fully in my right to buy the wine - problem is the staff often mis understand the act - although they must use caution but can excise this if they believe the person buying it is not supplying a under age.


As for DVD content, it is enforced OP, like you have found out in your case.

So anyone wanting yo buy some wine or beer, make sure your child as some ID with them too, or you'll be turned away - Great isn't it

Zandoni

sassy-one wrote: »

So anyone wanting yo buy some wine or beer, make sure your child as some ID with them too, or you'll be turned away - Great isn't it

I don't understand that at all, do chidren have ID and even if they do, it will only proove they are under age. The worlds going MADDDDDDDDDDDD

unholyangel

Kind of reminds me of the joke about the old woman buying cat food. Cashier says they've had old people buying cat food to eat and the old woman needs to prove she has a cat. So old woman comes back with cat and cashier sells her the cat food.

Next day old woman wants to buy some dog food for her dog. Again cashier says old people have been buying dog food to eat themselves and again needs proof. Old woman brings her dog in.

Next week old woman approaches the cashier and asks her to check the box. Cashier sticks her hand in the box and pulls it out only to find its covered in poo. Old woman says "its ok for me to buy loo roll then?"

sarahg1969

Smeep wrote: »

It's not a legal obligation to refuse sale, as long is there is no doubt that the person you are selling it to is directly responsible for the child. I.E. Parent, Older Sibling or Carer or the person is indeed old enough.

No. The only time there is a legal obligation to refuse the sale is if the person trying to buy the DVD is the child itself.

sarahg1969

sassy-one wrote: »

They have the right to refuse you any age restricted item/product - and it is enforced.

As for DVD content, it is enforced OP, like you have found out in your case.

It was NOT enforced in the OP's case. Because there is no legislation that bans the sale of DVDs to adults in the presence of children. The only law is that the DVDs must not be sold directly to underage people. It is not the same as alcohol laws.