x-GiGgLeS-x Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 apparently tesco mistakenly put a bike on sale on the internet for 99p but are saying they will not honour this. can they do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLakeland Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I suppose they have lawyers for advise, so they probably can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Yes, they can; quite apart from what the laws actually say, test cases in court have long since established that in the case of an "obvioius error" in pricing the vendor is not required to honour the contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 It isn't an obvious error though, given the price so.e seasonal items are reduced to eventually, and given how far they screw down prices on loss leaders to encourage custom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 By reducing to to perhaps 1% or 2% of it's normal price? As HeadingNorth says there is no "meeting of minds" on this to form a contract - people will get their 99p refunded and that will be that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 apparently tesco mistakenly put a bike on sale on the internet for 99p but are saying they will not honour this. can they do this It is probable that the court would consider an advertisement on the internet as "a willingness to treat". ("an expression of willingness to negotiate. A person making an invitation to treat does not intend to be bound as soon as it is accepted by the person to whom the statement is addressed.") per PARKER, CJ in Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204 "I think when one is dealing with advertisements and circulars, unless they indeed come from manufacturers, there is business sense in their being construed as invitations to treat and not offers for sale..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-GiGgLeS-x Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 but how can they not give you an item you have purchased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 It isn't an obvious error though, given the price so.e seasonal items are reduced to eventually, and given how far they screw down prices on loss leaders to encourage custom It doesn't make any difference. They are not obliged to sell you an item at any price. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3277262 Do shops have to sell goods at the advertised price? The simple answer is NO! - you cannot force a shop to sell you something - this applies to correctly and incorrectly priced items - this applies to ALL types of shops - whether they are online internet stores or offline physical stores - internet shops can to refuse to honour prices even after they have taken your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 but how can they not give you an item you have purchased They refund you instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 but how can they not give you an item you have purchased You haven't purchased it. They invited you to tender an offer You did so They rejected the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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