Was this a breach of the Sale of Goods Act {services} ?

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Jay_23 wrote: »

All of these replies have missed this key point in order to make some other one...I want advice on the law in these specific circumstances, not personal pedantry and opinions...perhaps this is the wrong forum to be asking this question. I can't help but feel people want to give their opinion more than clarify a point of consumer law...

No-one can give you an exact legal answer, since no-one knows what happened.

If you phoned up, unambiguously asked for nothing but a price to look at the machine, he subsequently turned up without permission and has tried to invoice you - of course you don't have to pay.

However, the contents of the phone call are unclear, and how long he was at the premises is unclear. It seems that he was looking at the machine, and you allowed him to continue - in that case you are implicitly giving him permission.

As I said before, I can't see it going to court. But personally I think there's enough grey areas in what actually happened to suggest you should be paying the invoice.