Morrisons refusing to sell 12 cert dvd?

cyberbob

sarahg1969 wrote: »

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.

I read the legislation that if the supplier believes it is going to an underage person they can be prosecuted. It says nothing about directly, it just states supplied. It may not be clear but as a retailer would you be willing to take the risk of prosecution?

Also these large companies have good Solicitors so I expect they already know their legal obligations which is why they do this.

Video_Recordings_Act wrote:

Where a classification certificate issued in respect of a video work states that no video recording containing that work is to be supplied to any person who has not attained the age specified in the certificate, a person who supplies or offers to supply a video recording containing that work to a person who has not attained the age so specified is guilty of an offence

DCFC79

I reckon the OP is a troll, its a dvd, buy it from somewhere else in future eg the internet

adouglasmhor

cyberbob wrote: »

I read the legislation that if the supplier believes it is going to an underage person they can be prosecuted. It says nothing about directly, it just states supplied. It may not be clear but as a retailer would you be willing to take the risk of prosecution?

Also these large companies have good Solicitors so I expect they already know their legal obligations which is why they do this.

Your quotes prove the opposite of what you think they mean.

The store is supplying to OP in this case. If she then resells or rents the DVD to her under age offspring she has committed the offence not the store. Only a total dullard could possibly read it any other way.

unholyangel

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Your quotes prove the opposite of what you think they mean.

The store is supplying to OP in this case. If she then resells or rents the DVD to her under age offspring she has committed the offence not the store. Only a total dullard could possibly read it any other way.

Where as if she just lets her kid watch it then no offence or breach has been committed.

somethingcorporate

sassy-one wrote: »

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

Wrong, you have no 'right' to buy anything. A shop can refuse to sell you their goods without having to give you any reason at all.

By taking things to a check-out you are making an offer to buy the goods, the shop have absoutely every right to refuse your offer.

Equaliser123

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Wrong, you have no 'right' to buy anything. A shop can refuse to sell you their goods without having to give you any reason at all.

By taking things to a check-out you are making an offer to buy the goods, the shop have absoutely every right to refuse your offer.

I think the point being made is that the OP had the full capacity to purchase the item.

I tend to find that very few shops refuse the offer when goods are taken to the check out.

somethingcorporate

Equaliser123 wrote: »

I think the point being made is that the OP had the full capacity to purchase the item.

I tend to find that very few shops refuse the offer when goods are taken to the check out.

When I worked in retail (a loooong time ago) we had a whole book of people we would not serve, for anything!