Alexander Hanff

Pretty sure Jysk are breaking the law here:

We brought exactly this garden set from them this summer for the discounted price of 5k SEK (normally 11500 SEK) - they are now advertising at 11500 SEK claiming it is reduced from 16999 SEK.

This is not ok. This is arguably #fraud

#ConsumerProtection #Law #BlackFriday #BlackFridayScams

Nov 24, 2022 at 1:28pmWeb
Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022

I am not an expert on consumer law but I do dabble and I am pretty sure that EU law requires that Sales prices are only valid if they are lower than the usual price over the previous 6 months (maybe I am wrong @beuc ?).

#blackfriday #fraud

Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022

Simply making up a new higher price to make it look like the new price is a sale price when actually it is exactly the same as the price they have been selling it for previously would (iirc) make this a breach of EU consumer protection law.

#blackfriday #fraud #law

Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022
I believe that in some Member States this is actually a criminal offense under the EU Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices
Show threadJeremy GoochNov 24, 2022
@ThatPrivacyGuy I hope you're not suggesting that #BlackFriday is a scam... 🙊
Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022

@goochjs No I am claiming that this particular situation is a scam and probably illegal :)

The 1500 Euros I saved on my Odyssey Neo G9 display for #BlackFriday was definitely not a scam :)

Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Nov 24, 2022
@ThatPrivacyGuy In the UK that would be illegal. To show a reduction from an amount they have to prove what dates it was sold at that amount (iirc has to be sold at the higher price for 30days) undiscounted.
Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022
@AlisonW yeah that was my understanding (the period of normal price varies across the EU afair - but it must have been actually sold at the higher price for the sale price to be considered as a sale price).
Show threadSudo Sudo Sudo ⒶⒺⓋNov 24, 2022
@ThatPrivacyGuy inflation this year has been rampant thought?
Show threadAlexander HanffNov 24, 2022
@Prometheus not that rampant and not here