I have some retail experience but am not a lawyer.
I believe the department of weights and measures enforces such things.
However, I think that if someone advertises something and then doesnt
deliver (its false advertising), but I believe there are some provisions
that allow them to instore state if there was a misprint on the
advertisement. (I have seen this on several occassions).
I think what gets enforced is if you go to a store and on the shelf its
say 9.99 but get to the register and it rings 19.99. This is a major
no-no and you can certainly take action. This is why many stores say if
we dont give you a receipt or if something rings up wrong we will give you
$5.00 or the item for free or such. Because they would rather have
consumer catch a computer error/signage error and pay them a few bucks
then get fined by weights and measures.
So if the signage in the store has the lower price you could probably make
a stink but if its just an ad and the in store display has the other price
I think they are within the law (though they should have a sign stating
the ad was incorrect). It still might be worth reporting as if they
consistently do this I think there will be action taken against them.
-Derek
On Fri, 19 Jul
2002, Logan Kennelly wrote:
> > While looking for a new laptop, I stopped by Fry's Electronics to find the
> model I wanted at $600 below retail. When I asked why it was so low, I was
> told that it was a mistake and they adjusted the price in their computers.
> Although I was told that they would sell me the product for the listed
> price, the store manager eventually stated that they were under no
> obligation to do so and cancelled the lower price.
>
> Since I am not an expert in consumer law, I thought I would put the question
> to the list: Is there any law regulating this situation, and, if so, what
> is it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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