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In <5cc539$cv$5@nargun.cc.uq.oz.au> s328103@student.uq.edu.au.REMOVE (Angela Connell) writes:

>Is there something consumers can do about being misquoted??

>I recently had my carpets cleaned and was quoted $80.
>guy comes around and says it will cost $110!

I think not.  I am not sure about Australian law but
the old British precedent <case escapes me> said that a
price tag in a shop window was "an invitation to treat"
and they were not obliged to sell at that price.  You
made the offer to buy and they need not accept your
"offer".  I don't think they would wear that in the US.

Without generalising too much, I have had more encounters
with tradesmen of this ilk than ones where I felt not
cheated.  They know when you can't afford to haggle
and act accordingly.

>Also I am begining to dislike officeworks since they have
>"low prices guaranteed every day" yet they had microsoft
>mouses (mice?) for $70 when elsewhere I found them for
>$40.

I think that is a hazard of being a consumer and being
unable to check prices throughout the city.  Lots of
shops will sell you a Microsoft mouse for about $45
but they are probably selling the OEM version that 
they should only sell with a new PC.

 

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