Law Regarding Sale Items

PurvesGrundy

Hi,

Just last weekend I picked up a top in Urban Outfitters that was reduced reduced from 145 to 50 euro, which I thought was a pretty good deal. Today I just discovered that there has been a further reduction on the same top to just 25 euro.

What I want to know is if there is some law that states a consumer must be refunded the difference of an item if a further reduction is implemented?

Regards,
PurvesGrundy

subway

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

Hi,

Just last weekend I picked up a top in Urban Outfitters that was reduced reduced from 145 to 50 euro, which I thought was a pretty good deal. Today I just discovered that there has been a further reduction on the same top to just 25 euro.

What I want to know is if there is some law that states a consumer must be refunded the difference of an item if a further reduction is implemented?

Regards,
PurvesGrundy

there is not

PurvesGrundy

subway wrote: »

there is not

Thanks anyway.

I could have sworn I heard something about such a law before but I must have imagined it.

jimoc

The only think even closely resembling a law like that is that an item must have been at the higher price for at least 30 days in any one of the shops outlets before a reduction can be applied and be marked as a "Sale"

dudara

You chose to purchase at the price advertised. Any further reductions that happen afterwards have no impact on your purchase.

PurvesGrundy

jimoc wrote: »

The only think even closely resembling a law like that is that an item must have been at the higher price for at least 30 days in any one of the shops outlets before a reduction can be applied and be marked as a "Sale"

That's probably the one I was thinking of.

I also doubt the item was at the price I paid for 30 days or more.

I was only posting to be sure anyway. Thanks everyone for clarifying.

Jev/N

Unfortunately not, its like asking for them to refund you the difference when a full price item is put on sale!

Corruptedmorals

Wow what kind of law would that be- let's put more retailers out of business because there just isn't enough.

Urban Outfitters has to be struggling, it's much emptier than it used to be and it's so expensive anyway.

slimjimmc

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

That's probably the one I was thinking of.

I also doubt the item was at the price I paid for 30 days or more.

I was only posting to be sure anyway. Thanks everyone for clarifying.

It doesn't have to if the original full price (€145) was displayed for 30 consecutive days any time during the previous 3 months. It doesn't matter how many times they reduce the price, it's still a discount on the full price.

Pythia

If this was the case, nothing would ever go on sale ever, as everyone would just watch like a hawk until the price was reduced and then get their refund. That would mean effectively everyone would get the sale price and so the sale price would turn into the original price to stop this happening.

maxer68

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

That's probably the one I was thinking of.

I also doubt the item was at the price I paid for 30 days or more.

I was only posting to be sure anyway. Thanks everyone for clarifying.

even that is just a guildeline and not law.

Gandhi

You could always go in and ask. They frequently will do this in the US. My wife has even gone into shops with the receipt and a coupon she forgot she had, and they will retroactively apply the coupon to the purchase. I don't think we have ever done it at Urban Outfitters, though.

Corruptedmorals

Gandhi wrote: »

You could always go in and ask. They frequently will do this in the US. My wife has even gone into shops with the receipt and a coupon she forgot she had, and they will retroactively apply the coupon to the purchase. I don't think we have ever done it at Urban Outfitters, though.

This isn't a coupon. The OP is not entitled to get the price difference refunded on an item he bought at a higher price. If he was entitled to do that, you would be seeing much fewer sales, and far fewer shops.

Gandhi

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

This isn't a coupon. The OP is not entitled to get the price difference refunded on an item he bought at a higher price. If he was entitled to do that, you would be seeing much fewer sales, and far fewer shops.

She has done it for sales too. She has even phoned up and had them reduce the charge on her credit card based on a sale, without even needing to walk into the shop. I've done this myself with things I have ordered online. It does not always work, but in our experience it has worked more often that not.

If you are polite and mention things like that you are a regular customer, and this would really increase your opinion of them etc. then shops will often do it. The reason it does not create an end to sales or coupons is that most people will not bother, or even realize the person behind the counter or on the other end of the phone has the power to do this (they do normally have to ask their manager). If you don't ask, you don't get, and if you ask nicely you can get the better price even if you are not legally entitled to it.

We live in the US where they tend to be more customer-service oriented so it may not work, but the worst thing they can do is say no.

Tigger

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

Hi,

Just last weekend I picked up a top in Urban Outfitters that was reduced reduced from 145 to 50 euro, which I thought was a pretty good deal. Today I just discovered that there has been a further reduction on the same top to just 25 euro.

What I want to know is if there is some law that states a consumer must be refunded the difference of an item if a further reduction is implemented?

Regards,
PurvesGrundy

whats the returns policy
retn it for 50 then buy it for 25