shop accident. am i right to be cross?

mrcow

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Well true but that's not the same as it being a law you should pay....

I still think you are meant to pay the wholesale cost if you break their items

But your individual opinion is completely irrelevent.

Signs stating that breakages must be paid for are unenforcable. They can't make you pay anything. Not unless they take you to court for damages.

Sambucus_Nigra

Judi wrote: »

I'd have just paid to be honest and moaned that it was my child who i let get too close to the display stand. Yes the display stand was badly placed but it would have been my fault for letting her get too close.

However, i tend to blame myself for everything.:(

How would you know that the items on a cardboard stand are breakable, when on a stand placed in a walkway area?

System

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

How would you know that the items on a cardboard stand are breakable, when on a stand placed in a walkway area?

I wouldnt but my child would have either been in a pushchair well away from any stand or if it had been of walking age then i would have put myself in between my child and any display stand just in case. Either that or making sure the child was more than arms length away from the stand.

I'm not critisising you OP, although i suppose it comes over as i am but i am just saying what i would have done in similar circumstances. Like i said before, i take the blame for everything.

Sambucus_Nigra

Judi wrote: »

I wouldnt but my child would have either been in a pushchair well away from any stand or if it had been of walking age then i would have put myself in between my child and any display stand just in case. Either that or making sure the child was more than arms length away from the stand.

I'm not critisising you OP, although i suppose it comes over as i am but i am just saying what i would have done in similar circumstances. Like i said before, i take the blame for everything.

You spend your whole time in shopping centres dodging between your child and cardboard display stands? Honestly? what if there are stands on each side? Do you run from one to the other just in case? What if there are two [XOMG] at the same time - one on each side? Do you pick the child up so that they cannot bump against either of them or do you turn around and go home?

I know I am taking this to it's logical conclusion but children are customers of shopping centres too - they are humans and just because they are little doesn't mean that shops can put breakable items in their way hoping for them to be knocked off so that they can get some cash back for breakages of stock that they can't shift.

System

You spend your whole time in shopping centres dodging between your child and cardboard display stands? Honestly? what if there are stands on each side? Do you run from one to the other just in case? What if there are two [XOMG] at the same time - one on each side? Do you pick the child up so that they cannot bump against either of them or do you turn around and go home?

Honestly? Yes. Shopping with kids is a nightmare experience at the best of times with or without display stands that are in the way. I'd have not bothered with shops that i deemed a nightmare to negotiate..... Defeatest? Yes thats me.

Sambucus_Nigra

Judi wrote: »

Honestly? Yes. Shopping with kids is a nightmare experience at the best of times with or without display stands that are in the way. I'd have not bothered with shops that i deemed a nightmare to negotiate..... Defeatest? Yes thats me.

Flippin heck.

adouglasmhor

rollnchips wrote: »

At 2 we were aware on how to behave in shops, don't underestimate Children.

You didn't want to pay and you feel resentful for the way you were treated, which most rational people would think was appropriatedly.

She wasn't in a shop though. A walkway was obstructed by an unstable display.

art_for_arts_sake

luxor4t wrote: »

Sounds to me like the shop was obstructing the public footway with the goods for sale - this is banned locally for reasons of safety. Your LA will have a policy on this, might be worth a look.

As has been said, a blind or partially sighted person could have been injured by this as the display does not sound sturdy or stable.

The shopping centre will most likely be private land which is open by invitation. Unless it's a footpath dedicated as a right of way the laws are different, you can be asked to leave for example, and any stalls within the shopping centre will be a matter for the shopping centre management, though anything not meeting the needs of a blind or partially sighted person could theoretically be challenged by the Equality Act.

luxor4t

art_for_arts_sake wrote: »

The shopping centre will most likely be private land which is open by invitation. ...... QUOTE]
We have a traffic-free shopping street which has tight bylaws on external display space. Our indoor (private land) shopping centre has an outright ban on external displays.