purchase made but now reduced

mkviken

i bought a biycle from a shop 1-8-12 for £1260 and now it is reduced to £999 in a sale just 18 days after buying it


do i have a right to complain and claim this saving back from the shop?

i feel they should have told me about this upcoming sale

is there a cooling off period with purchases or a time were new offers become valid in retrospect?

thanks

CoolHotCold

Of course you have a right to complain.

Wether you have any merit to your complaint I'll leave to tender here.
(btw, prepare for a bashing)

Legally no shop has to give a refund of price difference, unless they included it in part of any additional T&C of purchase.

mountainofdebt

Yawn ...not this one again.

No you have no right to having the difference back from the shop just as you woud tell the shop where to get off if the price had risen.

why would they tell you of the upcoming sale? They're a business not a charity.

mkviken

i just think for something to have been reduced by £400 in a matter of less than 3 weeks should give me the right to that discount as they must have known they had a sale upcoming and i wasnt told

mkviken

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Yawn ...not this one again.

No you have no right to having the difference back from the shop just as you woud tell the shop where to get off if the price had risen.

why would they tell you of the upcoming sale? They're a business not a charity.

sorry to bore you with my question. if it was so dull im suprised you found the energy to respond. maybe have an early night and stop yawning.

kingfisherblue

mkviken wrote: »

i bought a biycle from a shop 1-8-12 for £1260 and now it is reduced to £999 in a sale just 18 days after buying it


do i have a right to complain and claim this saving back from the shop?

i feel they should have told me about this upcoming sale

is there a cooling off period with purchases or a time were new offers become valid in retrospect?

thanks

You chose to purchase the bike at the price you paid. the shop has no legal obligation to inform you of an upcoming sale or of any potential future saving. You have no cooling off period. You are not entitled to claim any saving back from the shop.

I presume that because you bought an expensive bike, you are a keen cyclist. Enjoy your bike and move on.

malchish

You can return the one you bought, could not you? and buy again...What is their return policy?

DCFC79

mkviken wrote: »

i just think for something to have been reduced by £400 in a matter of less than 3 weeks should give me the right to that discount as they must have known they had a sale upcoming and i wasnt told

Well it depends if the shop knew of the forthcoming sale, they may have only had a few days notice of it.

mkviken

by the way the reason i said reduced by £400 was because i negotiated a 10% discount already and gout it for £1260 instead of £1400.

pickpocketlocket

mkviken wrote: »

i just think for something to have been reduced by £400 in a matter of less than 3 weeks should give me the right to that discount as they must have known they had a sale upcoming and i wasnt told

Based on your theory, where should they draw the line - three weeks, a month, three months?

fozmcfc

On yer bike, well someone had to say it.

This is a frequent question and I'm sure we all have ended up buying something then seen it reduced just a few weeks later.

We pay for non essential items in particular, because we want them and are statisfied to pay the price they are on sale for. A laptop I puchased for £679, was down at £549 within a month on a special offer. But I was happy even though I had paid £679 as it was still a good price

Unless their returns policy, has something like a 30 days money back no quibble guarantee or prehaps a 10% restocking change, then I guess you will be out of luck.