cornershops
the bastards who overprice bottles of lucozade to like £1 even though they say 75p written on the bottle
( killersquid is working for the weekend, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 19:59, 8 replies)

Ring your local Trading Standards Office
If you get nowhere with them, contact GlaxoSmithKline, who make Lucozade.

Also feel free to report to Trading Standards any robbing shops/petrol stations who don't have their confectionery price marked anywhere. The price must be on the shelf edge or stamped on each item. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ASK FOR THE PRICE. When charged 58p for a king-size Snickers, it gives great pleasure when passing the same petrol station two days later to see Trading Standards with their calibrated fuel cans, giving them "the works"...
( eXOBeX, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 23:19, closed)

AFAIK
Shops can charge whatever they want for their goods. No-one can make them charge the RRP - that's what the first R is for.
(CannedLaughter, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 0:20, closed)

True, but
Shops aren't allowed to advertise one price and then charge another.

The advertised price is an invitation to treat, not an offer, so the shop is entitled to refuse to sell, just not entitled to change the price as a condition of sale.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:13, closed)

You could always...
Not buy it and go to somewhere else?
( Noo_Noo Is now 'BeerElf Jnr', I guess :), Mon 23 Feb 2009, 0:38, closed)

corner shops
They are being cheeky F*ckers so call em out on it. I did a summer job at the main supplier of these shops Palmer and harvey was the name of the company at the time.

They do have the option of buying what is called non flashed stock from the supplier. What they have done is paid less for the discounted stock and stiil charged a higher price making a much larger profit counting on people not to make a fuss.

I normally point this out to the shop keeper as i hand them the price flashed on the stock. I've never had a shop keeper answer back when i've said that to em. Mind you i'm not a little chap so it may be that and not the fact that i am in the right of course..
(bigspazz, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 1:00, closed)

Manufacturers aren't allowed to set prices.
The shop can charge what they want for it. If you don't like it, don't shop there.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:13, closed)

and this is related to the hypocrisy question because....
....err, hang on, it's...it's because...no, wait a minute...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:27, closed)

It's hypocrisy
because Killersquid's own shop charges £1.20 for a bottle of Lucozade.
(richardm, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 14:24, closed)