Last night when I was in my local sainsburys I noticed that Guitar hero world tour band pack (wii) had the price inside the plastic sleeve for �34.99 and not just placed on the outside, of which would obviously was a mistake made by staff and was on the guitar range. My question is , isn't the customers right that the price on the sleeve should be the price I pay for the item or for the price that it should be around �150. I was too emarassed to check at the till, but after speaking to my sister in law she said I had just had to ask for the manager, if the till person said no. I thought I'd ask you guys and find out if anyone had any similar experiences?
I agree with both of you, although I always thought you paid the price that was displayed/placed on it. I just feel too emabarassed to argue the toss in the shop lol, but as its xmas its so tempting to try. A few weeks ago I did buy the pack with just the guitar for my son, but want to get him the drums so much now!
No- they'll notice the pricing error and either ask you to pay the difference or refuse you the sale, of which they're perfectly legally entitled to do i'm afraid.
Unless you get a particular dim looking salesperson and try your luck.
take it to til and if it rings up at �35 then count yourself lucky. it it rings up higher then say you thought it was �35 as it says. just play dumb, but they can refuse to sell it.
They don't have to sell at any price. The price on the item is only a guide for an "offer to buy". If they make a pricing error, and let you have the item at the lower price it's only a gesture of goodwill. They don't have any legal obligation to do so.
It doesn't hurt to ask though, they might not know the rules.
As ~ max ~ said if it's a genuine pricing mistake the shop does not have to sell it, they can simply remove it from sale! What is illegal though is overpricing...if the shop sticks a more expensive price label over a cheaper one!!
The tills would tell you the real price so you can't get away with that these days.
But years ago I managed to get �80 off a telly because the shop assistant put the wrong price on the tag.