Is it legal to raise bar prices during an evening?

[tranceman]

I was at a wedding yesterday and the drink prices were raised at 7 o'clock, which i thought was disgraceful, never mind if it was legal!!!

I am at the same venue for another wedding next week so just wondered how they stood regarding the law on this matter.

Tm

[EverClean]

They can charge what they like and when they like.

[spanner7853]

ive always wondered why a round of drinks changes throughout the night! bloody rip offs.

[yummymummy]

Agree with everclean, just to add that they have to publish the relevant prices at the relevant time, if they don't then that probably isn't legal.

I used to work in a place that did that, and they would sometimes only change some of the tills so got all sorts of different prices!

[Big Al1st]

Agree with Yummy, They must publish their prices. Problem is the list is behind the bar in small print. You near a pair of binoculars to read the thing Al

[Buenchico]

Any trader can charge what he likes, when he likes and to whom he likes for the goods or services he offers for sale.

As long as the licensee doesn't breach discrimination laws (e.g. on the grounds of a customer's race), he can say that he'll charge �2.50 per pint before 7.00pm and �2500 per pint thereafter. He can refuse to serve people with brown shoes, he can give the stuff away free to people with black shoes, he can charge people wearing trainers one million pounds per pint and he agree to serve people wearing sandals only on condition that they strip stark naked and stand on their heads while singing the Latvian national anthem.

If you're selling something, you have every right to dictate the conditions under which the sale is made.

I was once working behind the bar in a pub which was jointly run by two half-brothers. About half an hour after we opened on a Sunday lunchtime, brother A was walking past me as I served a round of drinks. On hearing what I charged the customer, he started to lecture me about my inability to charge the correct prices. I pointed out the prices on the shelves and proved that I've added them up correctly. "That's ridiculous", he shouted. "My brother doesn't know what he's doing". There and then, he went round all of the shelves and added about 20% to the prices. Understandably, this caused a few grumbles when customers returned to the bar and found that the price of their round had just shot up!

Half an hour later, brother B appeared and asked why all of the new prices were on the shelves. I told him. He swore about his brother and then changed all of the prices back to what they were before! Half an hour later, brother A reappeared and all of the prices went up again! This was all incredibly confusing for the customers (and embarrassing for me) but it was still perfectly legal!

Chris

[tranceman]

thanks people

guess i'd better stick to single vodkas on friday then ;-)