How good is Chatham exhibition

Dont worry about that, I've seen similar price hikes myself. Whilst traders are allowed to do it, theyre basically after the unwary and not really worried about repeat custom. My feeling is that if they do that then cant trust them with other products so I move on. The better traders on the other hand will sometimes round down the price by a pound or 2.

Cheers, Simon

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simon
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Here in Canada, where sales tax is normally added on to advertised prices, prices at model shows are usually all-inclusive. Even registered businesses, which are obliged to collect taxes, will often absorb the tax (currently 5% federal + 8% provincial in Ontario) in the quoted price.

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MartinS

I am referring to your statement:' and another dealer was selling an electrostatic flock device for £35 when he sells them for £25 normally.'

As there was only one stand there selling these, it is not difficult to work out who you are talking about. You have also been asked by another poster to 'name and shame'.

I am not disputing what you say, I merely wish to know whether you can prove this statement to be true, as you could ruin the reputation of someone if it is not, or even find yourself in court.

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intercityman2000

You don't end up in court for telling the truth.

If you know who I was referring to as you claim then between the 2 of you you know full well he was asking £35 for something that he normally sells for £25. I know he has not broken any laws as he is entitled to sell his goods for what ever he chooses, its all down to business morals. a bit like MP's not braking the law on some of the expenses claims but most of them are morally questionable.

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Paul

I'm guessing who it could be as I went to the show. I do not, however knowe what price he sells his products for. i only glanced at the stall and saw some of what was on sale. What I am asking, is how do you know they are normally on sale for £25.00 normally?

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intercityman2000

If I understand correctly what was posted on another group recently the onus is on the trader to prove that the assertation is false, should he wish to take it to court. Incidently Mr intercityman2000 could you tell us your interest in this situation - trader, customer .....

cheers, Simon

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simon

That part is quite easy provided the seller at the show was telling the truth, when he said he makes them and is the sole supplier.

He was as you know selling them at the show for £35, they are also available on eBay from a seller the claims to make them and also be the sole supplier (This is were I assume its the same trader) as they are both making the same statement. when sold through "His" eBay shop they sell for £25.

Maybe someone is not being truthful about being the sole make and seller, but if that's the case then which one would you pick, I know which one I would go with

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Paul

Then why didn't you say that when first asked? It would have saved all this to-ing and fro-ing.

For the record, I am a trader. Unfortunately with the internet, not all traders are able to read, or even know about these groups and are unaware that people are discussing their business on line. They are therefore unable to correct or defend themselves against what could be a malicious lie made by a disgruntled customer.

All you needed to do was make your last comment at the start!

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intercityman2000

"Malicious Lie" who is make statements that could end up with them in court now LOL.

Nothing wrong with what I posted as it was based solely on what the trader told me to my face "I make these myself and you cannot get them from anywhere else"

If that is true how can a eBay seller be selling for less. Either the eBay seller is buying them at £35 and selling them for £25 or the Guy at the show is the maker and selling them on eBay for £25 and then selling them at the show for £35.

Its not rocket science, I really don't understand why you just don't get it.

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Paul

If any modern business [in the developed world] is genuinely unaware of the uses of teh interwebz they should be pretty concerned about their future, even if they are in a seriously niche market (perhaps /especially/ if they are seriously niche).

How do they think we knew the show was happening in the first place...?!

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Arthur Figgis

Depends. An example I was once given was something about a newspaper saying "Mr Bloggs was seen coming out of the drug abuse rehabilitation centre every day last week". It was true, but they got sued because they "forgot" to mention that he is the cleaner there...

Are you sure? IANAL but wouldn't it be about defamation, in which case the poster would have to show justification for making the claim (eg, that it was true would be one option).

If someone says a trader is doing dodgy things, the accuser has to prove it, the trader doesn't have to prove his innocence. This is why people say someone accused of libel has to prove his innocence, which is backwards to normal law - though I'm still not convinced that giving people the freedom to say anything and leaving it up to their victims to try to disprove it is a good idea - we don't allow the police to do that!

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Arthur Figgis

Unfortunately, I don' have the time to sit and trawl through all the newsgroups or RM Web postings, I wish I did.

This was brought to my attention by a customer who asked if it was me. See how we can all get tarred with the same brush!

I shall now go and bang my head aga> snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

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intercityman2000

Which is why you have things like Google alerts set up to let you know when your business is mentioned...?

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Arthur Figgis

Nope, am not sure at all. Law is very much a mystery to me.

cheers, Simon

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simon

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