Can I return 5kg of chocolate?

powerful_Rogue

Might just be me, but I personally don't like the idea of foodstuffs being able to be returned under the CCR.

wealdroam

LilElvis wrote: »

And it will cost the OP a fair amount to ship back a 5kg parcel via a tracked service.

And she could have bought that quantity and quality of chocolate for less from Lidl. 39p for a 100g bar. It's 79p per bar for the higher cocoa content. I've got a cupboard full of the stuff for baking.

Therefore Lidl's the higher cocoa content chocolate is £7.90 per kilogram.

The OP bought 5kg for £22.50.

Had she bought the higher cocoa content from Lidl it would've cost £39.50.

shaun_from_Africa

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Might just be me, but I personally don't like the idea of foodstuffs being able to be returned under the CCR.

Nor do I.
It would be far to easy for someone to tamper with food in such a way that may be hard to spot before returning it.
There are plenty of strange/sick people who might try this.

unholyangel

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Nor do I.
It would be far to easy for someone to tamper with food in such a way that may be hard to spot before returning it.
There are plenty of strange/sick people who might try this.

Or they could just walk into a supermarket and do it to countless items on the shelves or buy them, take them home and do it then return them.

Non-foodstuffs could be tampered with to become dangerous too.

Or the food could even be contaminated during the cooking/packaging process.

Just some of the risks involved in how we source our food i'm afraid and doesnt seem to be reliant on the right to return online orders.

martinsurrey

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

There are plenty of strange/sick people who might try this.

Do you think they screen all of these people out of the food factories production lines, the farms, the delivery drivers, the warehouse workers, the shelf stackers, or the countless others involved in handling every product you buy in the supermarket?

if you're that worried I'd be buying a small holding.

agrinnall

unholyangel wrote: »

Or they could just walk into a supermarket and do it to countless items on the shelves or buy them, take them home and do it then return them.

Does food that's returned to a supermarket go back on sale? I would be surpriseed to find that they would take a risk even if there is no sign of it having been opened or otherwise tampered with.

photome

Why can't you make brownies with 55% cocoa chocolate

steampowered

Good which are "liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly" are exempt from the right to return under the Consumer Contracts Regulations. See http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3134/regulation/28/made.

I would have thought that must apply to food items, meaning that you have no right to return.

unholyangel

agrinnall wrote: »

Does food that's returned to a supermarket go back on sale? I would be surpriseed to find that they would take a risk even if there is no sign of it having been opened or otherwise tampered with.

With certain goods they wouldnt be able to - as there are regulations that mean the goods need to be kept strictly in a certain range/storage conditions.

But I can't see any reason why they couldn't put a tin of peas back on the shelf for example. If they were so cautious though, I would expect they wouldn't have a reduced section with damaged tins/open boxes as surely those are at higher risk of being tampered with.

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photome wrote: »

Why can't you make brownies with 55% cocoa chocolate

Because "the recipe" says it should be 70% .
Seriously, of course you can!