Refused instore promotion at Boots

Zandoni

gordikin wrote: »

Pot and kettle comes to mind. BTW the OP was given an explanation.

I don't abuse people coming here for advice.

The explanation given would not be acceptable if the in store poster said goods have to be full price or words to that affect.

Zandoni

somethingcorporate wrote: »

You are getting confused here with 2 issues. Advertising and an item being "for sale".

They could certainly get a slapped wrist for false advertising if they continually had offers/prices that were genuinely misleading but you cannot force a shop to sell you anything. Hence they could refuse to sell to anyone that wasn't wearing a purple hat if they so chose.

I am not here to give anyone a hard time, I am just here to clarify your original point that alluded to the fact you should receive a reason as to why a shop would not sell you something or allow you to take up an offer. You have no legal entitlement to any good that a shop owns, when you buy something you make them an offer to purchase it from them. They have the ability to reject without giving a reason.

We've seen on a number of threads you being confused between "Consumer Rights" and "Consumer Wants".

Of course a shop can refuse to sell any item to you, but they can't falsely advertise.

Mupette

online it allows me to buy one perfume £40. and get free bag..

stuweb

Thanks everyone for your comments. It wasnt a question of being picky over a trivial thing, it was a principle. Anyway an email was sent and we got 500 advantage points as a goodwill gesture.