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Office - Selected Student Discount

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  • 16-11-2008 12:42pm
    #1
    Stench Blossoms
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    Hopefully someone could shed some light on this whether this is legal or not.

    Is it legal to offer a student discount on one pair of shoes but not another?

    I've never seen on any of their "Student Discount" signs that says its only on selected items.


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    Pythia
    Registered Users Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Surely they don't have to give you a discount on anything. It's your choice whether to buy or not.


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    EKRIUQ
    Registered Users Posts: 4,386 ✭✭✭EKRIUQ


    I'm sure it's up to the shops discretion as to how much discount to give, it's not really going to benefit the shop if because of a discount their going to lose money


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    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    Pythia wrote: »
    Surely they don't have to give you a discount on anything. It's your choice whether to buy or not.

    Why offer it then?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    orla wrote: »
    Why offer it then?
    To attract business.


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    samhail
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    im sure someone will come back with the correct terminology, but isnt the price tag what they would charge.
    Its an offer of sale... then when you bring it to the counter you make an offer of purchase - which usually is the same.
    but you can bring the 100euro shoes to the counter and say id like to buy these for 20euro
    (this was mentioned once on one course in a few lectures about 5 years ago at these stage probably so please correct me if im wrong :) - which im sure you will :))


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    jhegarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,440 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    samhail wrote: »
    im sure someone will come back with the correct terminology


    Invitation to treat


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    krudler
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    Were the other pair on sale? a lot of places do student discount on full price stuff only


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    Biggins
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    jhegarty wrote: »
    Invitation to treat

    100% correct.
    Thats all a selected offer is.
    It would be a different matter if all items were part of a "Sale" but as it stands, the shop is only offering an enticement and and legally whats known as an "Invitation to treat".


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Since when have Office done a student discount?
    Any time i've asked they've said they don't do one?


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    Stench Blossoms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    eth0_ wrote: »
    Since when have Office done a student discount?
    Any time i've asked they've said they don't do one?

    For well over 2 years now.


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    Creamy Goodness
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    orla wrote: »
    For well over 2 years now.
    yup it's invitation to treat.

    someone didn't pay attention to are consumer law classes last year :P.

    :pac:


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Think about a sale. Not every item in the shop need be on sale. In a similar vein, I would imagine a discount need not be applicable to every item in the shop. At the end of the day, it's at the shop's discretion to offer a discount.


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    Corruptedmorals
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    Were you buying shoes that were on sale? Or Poste Mistress shoes? I've always gotten student discount there on their regular Office-branded heels and flat shoes..and Cons too I think.


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