Can a shop over charge?

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I was in a shop it had a 50% of everything. I bought quite alot of stuff. When I got to the till the cost just seemed to much. When I questioned it. He went through all the prices. But when he got to the curtain poles he said 20.00 reduced to 10.00. The day before I had bought the same ones that were 10.00 reduced to 5.00. So I left the scop with nothing as I felt I was being scammed.

Has anyone had similar happen? It's a budget sort of shop that I would have liked to use but kind of feel I can't now 😕

They're within their rights to change their prices.

Prices have to increase at some point to keep up with the costs of the business and whatever say they do it on, there will still be a yesterday when they were cheaper.

There are regulations about discounting but if the poles were full price £20 for a minimum period, or there is a disclaimer stating when it applied, it can be cited as the original price. Sale prices change all the time so variation from one day to next is possible. It also might look to be the same product but be a later batch or different supplier.

Did any items have the original prices on?
I suppose its his shop and he can set whatever prices he wants

Do you mean Poundstretcher

Also came on to ask if it’s pound stretcher. They were apparently doubling the price of everything then saying 50% off

A shop can't show a cross out price unless it's been on sale for 28 days at the higher price

Gotta be poundstretcher.

I popped in recently and saw everything 50% off. Only popped in for a shampoo my dd likes. Which is usually a pound. But it was now 2 pounds, but yeah 50% off.....so still a quid! Lol.

Lots a ppl walking straight back out when they realised

It was 🤣. Its just the day before the sale was on then . My curtain pole was 10.00 reduced to 5.00. The next day in the same sale the same curtain pole was 20.00 reduced to 10.00

Yes it was

Ah now I'm wounder when I bought my 10.00 curtain pole reduced to 5.00 . Then the next day same curtain pole 10.00 on the 50% sale . Wounder if they messed up the day before?

You weren't really scammed if you asked him how much it was and he told you and then you chose to continue with the purchase

I knew it was poundstretcher straight away! They are very random with pricing. It said in there one day 50% off a £5 basket, and I actually couldn't find a fivers worth of stuff I wanted, so just bought a few drinks I think,.for less than a fiver, they discounted 50% anyway!