if an item bought recently goes on sale in store

tomwakefield

Isn't public property property which is owned by the public (or the state), not merely the public have access?

Looking at wiki

A broader meaning of public space or place includes also places where everybody can come if they pay, like a caf!, train, or movie theater. A shop is an example of what is intermediate between the two meanings: everybody can enter and look around without obligation to buy, but activities unrelated to the purpose of the shop are not unlimitedly permitted.
The halls and streets (including skyways) in a shopping center may be declared a public place and may be open when the shops are closed. Similarly for halls, railway platforms and waiting rooms of public transport; sometimes a travelling ticket is required. A public library is a public place. A rest stop or truck stop is a public space.
For these semi-public spaces stricter rules may apply than outside, e.g. regarding dress code, trading, begging, advertising, propaganda, riding rollerskates, skateboards, a Segway, etc.

which suggests that, public space or not, you don't have the same freedoms as you would in, say, a park.

pitkin2020

You can film inside a shop but if you are asked to stop you then have to comply, if you don't they are within their rights to ask you to leave the premises.
All shops are a private building they aren't a public space, a public space you have the right to leave and enter a shop you are permitted to enter and can be asked to leave for any reason.

bod1467

One factoid overlooked in all of this, unless I'm mistaken then the shop have no obligation to refund the purchase of any items unless SOGA comes into force (not as described, faulty, etc.) Just changing your mind about a purchase does not give automatic right to a refund, although most retailers (certainly the larger ones) will do so.

BoGoF

bod1467 wrote: »

One factoid overlooked in all of this, unless I'm mistaken then the shop have no obligation to refund the purchase of any items unless SOGA comes into force (not as described, faulty, etc.) Just changing your mind about a purchase does not give automatic right to a refund, although most retailers (certainly the larger ones) will do so.

That is the most valid point posted so far....unless there is anything wrong with the product then there is no actually no grounds for a refund in the 1st place

arcon5

BoGoF wrote: »

That is the most valid point posted so far....unless there is anything wrong with the product then there is no actually no grounds for a refund in the 1st place

Actually its not, and there is, as op says they have a 28 days refund policy -- which forms part of their contract.

bod1467

That is very true.

Equaliser123

tomwakefield wrote: »

I don't think it's entirely drivel, as it makes the point that any legal right to money back due to a post-purchase price change would have to work both ways.

I don't like the way it is always posted in a smarmy, sarcastic way.

And, as others have said, there would be a legal right to a refund if there was a formal exchange policy which would be incorporated into the contract of sale.

somethingcorporate

Equaliser123 wrote: »

I don't like the way it is always posted in a smarmy, sarcastic way.

And, as others have said, there would be a legal right to a refund if there was a formal exchange policy which would be incorporated into the contract of sale.

It's posted in such a smarmy, sarcastic way because it is quite a ludicrous and stupid thought once the contract has been concluded.

Can you imagine the smarmy, sarcastic responses against the retailer if someone came on and said "I paid x for product y, company has now come back and said they now want X+100 after I have already paid and have the product, what are my rights?". Well how should this be any different? The contract has been concluded at price x, just because the price has changed post-purchase gives the retailer as much right to ask for extra money as the purchaser has to ask for the difference back!

It's a valid point, whether posted in a sarcastic way or not.

Forwandert

I'm sure i've read somewhere that next don't do refunds during the first day of the sale and ask customers to return the next day, so if the OP wanted to return and buy at the cheaper price they would have to return the item the day before and get up at 5am (or whatever crazy time the sale starts) and chance them having the right size, or get up for the sale and return the more expensive item the next day.

Flyboy152

somethingcorporate wrote: »

It's posted in such a smarmy, sarcastic way because it is quite a ludicrous and stupid thought once the contract has been concluded.

Can you imagine the smarmy, sarcastic responses against the retailer if someone came on and said "I paid x for product y, company has now come back and said they now want X+100 after I have already paid and have the product, what are my rights?". Well how should this be any different? The contract has been concluded at price x, just because the price has changed post-purchase gives the retailer as much right to ask for extra money as the purchaser has to ask for the difference back!

It's a valid point, whether posted in a sarcastic way or not.

Surely the issue is the fact that the retailer has written conditions into the contract of sale, which the OP is exercising. If they had written, "you paid x for product y, we can come back and say we now want X+100 after you have already paid and have the product" into the contract of sale, I am sure that will have covered it, but as they haven't, it is a bit of a moot point.