http://frugalways.co.uk/index.php/supermarkets/?disp=comments en-GB http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:48:09 +0000 valueformoney [Member] c921@http://frugalways.co.uk/ Interesting Allan, I've noticed the same "smart price" roll back on asda's lard, base price increased then offered as a sale price. Trading standards will only act on large volumes of complaints on the same issue, they say they this isn't the case, but in my experience, it is the case. Thanks for the feedback http://frugalways.co.uk/index.php/supermarkets/asda-misleading-price-on-roll-back-offer-hiding-price-increase#c921 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:09:17 +0000 Allan West [Visitor] c920@http://frugalways.co.uk/ As a former police officer I still have communications with Trading Standards in areas and keep myself aware of certain laws. ASDA is indeed in gross breach of Trading Standards, items seen in local Llandudno store include their individual Smart Price Raspberry Swiss roll (100grams) being sold regularly for 25pence each. On 22nd August 2012 the price showed RRP increase to 30pence. Now on 1st September they are again showing the price as 25pence with display sign that this is a "Roll Back". As they did not comply with statutory 28 days period of new price they are committing a criminal offence, not justifiable by stores alleging "a few days" or "prices are downloaded from national level". This store has also been advertising as a "Roll Back" packets of Smart Price custard powder for at least five months. By law this is NOT a Roll Back, but because of length of time has become th established price. Whether any joy will come from local Conwy Trading Standards officers is a guessing game, as my experience is that some areas of T.S. do their job, others don't, which gives rise to suspicions they may have an unhealthy arrangement (whether financial or in kind is unknown) with these major stores or are indeed frightened to speak to them. http://frugalways.co.uk/index.php/supermarkets/asda-misleading-price-on-roll-back-offer-hiding-price-increase#c920 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:49:56 +0000 thomas dudley [Visitor] c792@http://frugalways.co.uk/ have been buying 4 cans of woodpecker cider weekly for months now and alway pays £3 they where on rollback offer this week rollback price was £3 from £3.30 what a rip off. mentioned it at the till and all i got was they must have put the price up for a few days first. I have noticed the same thing before on other things. is this legal, http://frugalways.co.uk/index.php/supermarkets/asda-misleading-price-on-roll-back-offer-hiding-price-increase#c792