On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 15:29:31 GMT, "Blueyonder"
wrote:


"tim (moved to sweden)" wrote in message
Makes me wonder -- IANAL, but if you offered valid legal tender for
the goods, I rather suspect they would find it very difficult to
prosecute you if you just walked off with them.

They'd find it very easy.

You've made an offer, they have rejected it.

They have no obligation to accept any form of payment
before an acceptance of offer.

I don't think so. You have not made them an offer by giving them the cash -
the offer has already been made by B&Q to let you have the items for
appropriate renumeration. You have accepted their offer by giving the cash.
It's very simple:

B&Q: I will offer you this door for £10
You: I accept that offer. Here is ten pound.
B&Q: Err, we don't like the colour of your money.
You: Tough. It is valid and legal cash and you must take it now that we have
accepted your offer.
B&Q: I've changed my mind...
You: You should have done that before I gave you the cash that we agreed.

-- JJ



That is not correct.

The display of goods on the shelf is an invitation to treat only.

The offer is made by the customer when he takes the goods to the till
and offers payment.

http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/...lrights/03.htm

Look at the case between Boots and the PSGB (1953)

http://www.accaglobal.com/publicatio...countant/36664


You can't insist on buying something either. The shop is completely
within its rights to refuse. They are also within their rights to ask
for legal tender as opposed to a credit card for example.

This is not to say that following this whole line is commercially a
good idea, since in practice there would be no point in displaying the
goods if they didn't want to sell them, but that is the legal
situation, AIUI.

Of course, this doesn't provide any excuse to treat customers poorly.






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..andy