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Crab claws that should be on special offer

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  • 09-11-2011 6:36pm
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    Ilovelucy
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭


    I regularly buy crab meat\claws in the supermarket. It's a branded product that I buy. It is quite often on special offer and I usually stock up when I see it.

    I was in the supermarket today and noticed that the crab claws were in stock but that the "half the marked price" sticker had been removed. This sticker is put there by the manufacturer by the way.

    Is this just morally wrong or is there a consumer issue? Is there any point in complaining to either the supermarket or the manufacture?


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    #2
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    Not an issue at all.

    The stock was on promotion for a set length of time and the offer is now over.

    Some deals are charged to the store at full price and then rebates given as per stock registered through tills.

    This may, or may not be the case here.


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


    Basically, it doesn't matter what stickers are put on the product by the manufacturer, the shop can sell it whatever way they want.

    It may violate terms of whatever agreement they have with the manufacturer, but those prices do not have to be passed to the consumer.


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    Ilovelucy
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Ilovelucy


    Thanks.


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    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    dudara wrote: »
    Basically, it doesn't matter what stickers are put on the product by the manufacturer, the shop can sell it whatever way they want.

    It may violate terms of whatever agreement they have with the manufacturer, but those prices do not have to be passed to the consumer.

    The stickers dont even need to be put on by the manufacturer.

    We buy them by the roll and apply them for impact.


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