Fake store picture - The Bedcentre

jamespir

its cheeky but have they really done anything wrong as long as a it sells beds

shaun_from_Africa

jamespir wrote: »

its cheeky but have they really done anything wrong as long as a it sells beds

Well the fraud act states that

Fraud by false representation.
(1)A person is in breach of this section if he—
(a)dishonestly makes a false representation, and
(b)intends, by making the representation—
(i)to make a gain for himself or another, or

And I would say that passing your business off as a very large warehouse type shop when in reality you are really a grotty little back street premises is a false representation and the only reason I can see for doing it to to attempt to convince customers to buy from you.

jamespir

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Well the fraud act states that



And I would say that passing your business off as a very large warehouse type shop when in reality you are really a grotty little back street premises is a false representation and the only reason I can see for doing it to to attempt to convince customers to buy from you.

but the top pic says bed centre bottom one says swindon bed centre so they are two differnt places anyway

shaun_from_Africa

Two different places maybe, but one photo is of a Bedcentre shop that doesn't exist and it can be shown for one purpose only and that is in an attempt to impress potential customers.

14.1 Bedcentre.co.uk owns the copyright in and operates this website. Any photographs displayed on our website have been reproduced by Bedcentre.co.uk with the permission of the copyright owner. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute any material from this website in any way without Bedcentre.co.uk's express written permission. All trade marks, service marks and trade names are the property of Bedcentre.co.uk (or are used with the permission of the trademark owner). Infringement of any copyright or trademarks on this website may lead to legal action against the infringer.

I doubt very much if Currys have given permission for a doctored photo of one of their stores to be used.

paddyrg

Currys are not the copyright holder of the image (unless they commissioned it and the photographer waived their moral rights contractually)

But yes, I would suggest you try the ASA at least https://www.asa.org.uk - unrepresentitive photos on a website is under their remit even if they are toothless, it is still another voice of judgement.

owl79

jamespir wrote: »

but the top pic says bed centre bottom one says swindon bed centre so they are two differnt places anyway

The top pic shows a building that doesn't exist, well it does as a Currys, but not as "Bedcentre".

The bottom picture is the only retail shop that Bedcentre have, but they call it Swindon bed centre.

sarahg1969

jamespir wrote: »

but the top pic says bed centre bottom one says swindon bed centre so they are two differnt places anyway

What?? You think the OP went to the wrong place or something? No. You misunderstand.

The Swinton Bed Centre show a pic of "The Bed Centre" on their website, which is, in fact, a doctored photo of a Currys store.

jamespir

owl79 wrote: »

The top pic shows a building that doesn't exist, well it does as a Currys, but not as "Bedcentre".

The bottom picture is the only retail shop that Bedcentre have, but they cal is Swindon bed centre.

sorry i thought the bottom photo was phtoshopped just seen the pic of the currys

owl79

sarahg1969 wrote: »

What?? You think the OP went to the wrong place or something? No. You misunderstand.

The Swinton Bed Centre show a pic of "The Bed Centre" on their website, which is, in fact, a doctored photo of a Currys store.

And as well, on the website it shows the address as "2/4 The orbit Centre".

On the second picture of the true store you can see the sign saying "The Orbit Centre"

Coopdivi

Thanks for the information, enigmam.

There's quite a lot wrong with that website so I've rated and commented about it on Web of Trust.

http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/bedcentre.co.uk#comment