"Paul Terry" wrote in message
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Just like you can have a price in a shop window that doesn't represent the
price of the goods inside - it's not great for customers, but it's not
illegal.

It is an offence under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 to indicate a
price for goods or services which is lower than the one that actually
applies.

Only if you put that price on the actual item for sale (as in not a sign in
the window). Having that on a sign is merely an invitation to purchase, not
the terms of the actual deal that would take place. Otherwise people
displaying ex-vat prices but selling to both vat-registered and
non-vat-registered alike would be in a whole heap of trouble. I would have
thought it was illegal too, but apparently it isn't.

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Paul Terry