Is this breaking any laws?

Guy:Incognito

areyawell wrote: »

If you dont like it shop elsewhere, thats business. Are you type of person that would ring the gaurds if you spotted a car without a tax disc?

Driving without tax is illegal. Splitting multipacks is the choice of the shop owner.

McLoughlin

Surely the consumer can choose not to buy these items when they have "not for indivivdual resale" or "part of a multipack not to be sold inividually" on the label.

foggy_lad

If the shop is selling foreign coke or selling multipacks as singles and using any fridges rented/leased from Coca-cola they might find themselves in hot water.

Guy:Incognito

foggy_lad wrote: »

If the shop is selling foreign coke or selling multipacks as singles and using any fridges rented/leased from Coca-cola they might find themselves in hot water.

Insofar as taking the fridges back is hot water.

Shelflife

foggy_lad wrote: »

If the shop is selling foreign coke or selling multipacks as singles and using any fridges rented/leased from Coca-cola they might find themselves in hot water.

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Insofar as taking the fridges back is hot water.

The retailer can sell them any way he wants with little recourse from the supplier.

They havent given fridges out for years.

There are a number of reasons why they may be selling split multipacks.

They may have been supplied the wrong product and recieved multipacks instead of singles.

The multipacks were damaged and had to be split.

The multipacks were cheaper and he saw an opportunity to make a few extra €.

To those who think that hes making a killing , well he might be making a few € extra per case 10c a can.

The GB coke that came into the country is a shot across the bows for Coke IRELAND, its to show them that the same product can be sourced elsewhere cheaper and that prices increases wont be given into easily.

Its not illegal and not in breach of any supplier agreements.

Procrastastudy

Might be in breach of labeling regulations. Not really an issue if its just some guy that owns a Centra or Spar imo.

rubadub

degrassinoel wrote: »

How it's affecting me is that he's making more money from me than he should be.

I was asking in another thread

-If they were proper single retail packs and you somehow found out he got them at a very good price (below mulitpack price per 100g), or that they won them in a prize would you be similarly concerned?

Procrastastudy wrote: »

Might be in breach of labeling regulations.

The multipack thing has no legal bearing. But it could break other laws, like if it does not state the weight or nutritional information on the bar. I am not sure what is required by law but it is common to see little info on mulitpack products and the info is on the large wrapper containing all the items. Shops sell cakes with no info so it might be allowed.

The other issue is if they were not the stated weight. I often get half empty bags of crisps in mulitpacks, while other packs might be jam packed, over all it averages out correct. i.e. There is probably a legal % allowance to be below the stated weight, and the overall mulitpack might conform to this while some individual packs might not. I expect it is put on a quicker production line that fills packs to a wider tolerance. This is not really an issue for bars or cans.

hoodwinked

areyawell wrote: »

It doesnt matter if the shop is a centra or Spar or whatever. Small shops are struggling these days to stay afloat. If the owner is trying to make an extra few quid fair play to him. Would you really report them over something as petty as opening a multipack of crips or coke and selling them? If you dont like it shop elsewhere, thats business. Are you type of person that would ring the gaurds if you spotted a car without a tax disc?

the problem i would see with crisps taking tayto's as an example, is

a: multi packs of tayto's have smaller bags, so at the same price as the bigger bags would be a rip off,


and

b: they don't taste as strong (or as nice imo) as the bags you buy in a pub/shop.

actuallylike

I know where I work that we sometimes get free stock when you order 'x' amount. 10 orders of 24x500ml of Coke and one free. This stock goes out on the shelf. Because we got it for free does that mean you deserve to get it for cheaper? Everyone's trying to maximise their profits. you seem to be under the impression that the profit margin on products is not allowed to change from shop to shop. Once again, the quality of the product is the same therefore no loss to you.

Seve OB

hoodwinked wrote: »

b: they don't taste as strong (or as nice imo) as the bags you buy in a pub/shop.

get a grip will you, they are the same product.

rubadub

hoodwinked wrote: »

a: multi packs of tayto's have smaller bags, so at the same price as the bigger bags would be a rip off

I think the bags are 37g and 25g, this is very noticeable. I have heard people complain about only being able to get large 37g bags. If shops comply with taytos wishes they cannot offer the smaller bags at a price inline per 100g with the large ones.

hoodwinked wrote: »

b: they don't taste as strong (or as nice imo) as the bags you buy in a pub/shop.

The ingredients & nutritional info are the exact same whenever I checked, could still be adjustments I suppose but I doubt it. There are anecdotes of the "pub crisps" being different, I never compared packs, i.e. the packs that actually have "pub" written on them.

degrassinoel

in response to the dozens of questions aimed directly at my posts, i've already answered most of them on the first page and my initial question was satisfied by some of the posts on the first page. I'm no longer looking for any further information on the legality of selling individual mulipack items. Thanks again.

Also, yes it is a franchise rather than a chain, bad degrassinoel bad!

dudara

OK, this thread is starting to go past it's Sell By date.

Closed - dudara