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Consumer law allows the less well informed to be ripped off!
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It was far from obvious how it saved space
I did not write anything about saving space. It's optimising product ranges. And of course the shop floor staff may not know much. They aren't the ones who make the decisions!
Seriously you're just conjuring things up in your head to suit yourself!0 -
consumers lose.
How?
I went shopping yesterday bought nothing more than I wanted. Got home waited 3 hours to type my recepit barcode into Asda's price guarantee then got a voucher for £2 off my next shop!
How have I lost?The industry will do anything to avoid regulation
How on earth have you figure out this?
Trading Standards, Advertising standards agency, Sale of Goods act, Consumer protection act and many more!!! It's probably one of the most regulated and monitored industries going.0 -
Money-Saving-King wrote: »
How have I lost?
Yes big time. This is the marketing wheeze of the moment. You were in fact overcharged £2 which they now give back in the form of a voucher and is designed to keep you loyal.
As to the main thrust of this thread, there are no prizes in this life for stupid or lazy. If people can't work out or don't care when they are being ripped off that is not my concern and does not require legislation.0 -
The thread title is essentially why MSE exists - Consumer law allows the less well informed to be ripped off. Hence Martin's passion to get financial awareness into schools & this site to advise & support - when we stop being less well informed, we will lessen our odds of being ripped off.
The law is a donkey, but so are some of the less well informed.0 -
Yes big time. This is the marketing wheeze of the moment. You were in fact overcharged £2 which they now give back in the form of a voucher and is designed to keep you loyal.
As to the main thrust of this thread, there are no prizes in this life for stupid or lazy. If people can't work out or don't care when they are being ripped off that is not my concern and does not require legislation.
How was I overcharged? They are the cheapest and the voucher is to makethe difference if it isn't 10% cheaper. That's not being overcharged is it!0 -
I too thought I was a savvy shopping, but last Thursday I brought a pair of Karrimor walking shoes from Sports direct (a shop I have never used before) and they don't work on wet surfaces so I won't be going back to sports direct as they have conned me out of £23.Do you want your money back, and a bit more, search for 'money claim online' - They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring0
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I too thought I was a savvy shopping, but last Thursday I brought a pair of Karrimor walking shoes from Sports direct (a shop I have never used before) and they don't work on wet surfaces so I won't be going back to sports direct as they have conned me out of £23.
No, they don't work on wet tiled floors, which they are not designed to do so.
For anyone wondering, the thread is here :
Karrimor Summit walking shoes not usesable0 -
Money-Saving-King wrote: »I did not write anything about saving space. It's optimising product ranges. And of course the shop floor staff may not know much. They aren't the ones who make the decisions!
Seriously you're just conjuring things up in your head to suit yourself!
Actually, I agree a bit with cepheus on this point. I have noticed where the same stock is moved to different aisles, taking the same space with the same ranges, on a few occasions before. On asking the staff, they hadn't been puting out new ranges or create differing spaces for them, they'd just been told by their head office to move things around and were quite cross about this as it caused them more grief with customers asking where things were. They couldn't see a reason for it and one of them even guessed it was to make customers see more of the shop rather than the aisles they went to for the things they knew they needed...0 -
Money-Saving-King wrote: »How was I overcharged? They are the cheapest and the voucher is to makethe difference if it isn't 10% cheaper. That's not being overcharged is it!
Cheapest compared to whom?
They will only be comparing with Tesco and Sainsbury's.
If they wanted to be cheaper why not just be cheaper, instead of giving you a money off voucher, it's all smoke and mirrors.
I would however agree with you that out of the top three they probably have a better pricing policy than the others and are generally cheaper. My biggest bugbear is Tesco pricing and gimmicks and since we don't have an Asda very close I can't use them.0 -
If they wanted to be cheaper why not just be cheaper, instead of giving you a money off voucher, it's all smoke and mirrors.
Probably cheaper for them to check the way they do. Yesterdays voucher came from some crisps being on promotion at Waitrose £1 there & £1.50 at Asda. Having to even match promotions would invoule staff costs of changing SEL's etc then having to put them back again once Waitrose have stopped their promotion.0
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