[plug] Where to buy computer bits in Perth

[Ben Jensz]

Michael Bell wrote:

>I can't cite the source, though I'm sure it was usually reliable, but I was told once that the 
>price's marked on the shelves aren't actually binding:  items are purchased under a contract
>of offer and acceptance so the marked price constitutes an invitation to you to make an
>offer of that price at the checkout, where they/she/he/it may decline to accept your offer.
>
>Of course it'd be a public relations nightmare if they didn't stand by the price though.
>
>  
>
If they advertise something at a price and have no intention of selling 
it at that price, either charging a higher price or not having it in 
stock at all, I'm very sure the Department of Consumer and Employment 
Protection (formerly Fair Trading) might have something to say about 
it.  If you could provide documentary proof of it, send it to them and 
make a complaint.

Read some of the media releases on their site, several companies have 
been prosecuted for the same thing:

http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/default.asp?id=media/latest


/ Ben