Law of contract

[grazy]

Can a customer in a shopping mall return goods back on the shelve after putting them in a wire basket?

[jackthehat]

Yes.

[ummmm]

Of course they can. Why do you ask?

[redcrx]

of course they can.

has someone told you diferrently?

[milly143]

You mean pick something up, put it in the basket, decide you don't want it after all (before paying for it) and put it back on the shelf? Well, yeah. I don't believe touching an item enters you into a binding contract.

[woofgang]

where do you live?

[redcrx]

have you damaged the item and then tried to return it to the shelf?

[grazy]

no damage made.Just changed my mind about buying the goods

[SlackAlice]

Your saying 'shopping mall' as opposed to shop. Are you still in the shop or outside?
If your still in the shop and haven't damaged the goods then you can return them to the shelves, or even just put the basket on the floor and walk away.

[jackthehat]

Well, the superintendent is talking out of his hat, then...........

[grazy]

thanx

[crystalbee27]

think there may be more to this than meet the eye - for instance - you go into M&S in a shopping mall and place three bottles of wine in your basket - then walk out of the door without paying for it - then when you realise you are being followed by security, try and re-enter the shop to return the wine - and are stopped for shop lifting -and quite rightly so - guess this is what happened otherwise the QA is either foriegn or an idiot

[SlackAlice]

That's what I was thinking!

[factor-fiction]

It isn't clear to me why a superintendent was involved

[bushbaby_de]

the whole thing makes no sense when you read both posts... if he's saying the goods have already been sold to you then you get to walk out the store and take them home without actually having paid....

[wolf63]

Considering how vague the information supplied to us is I am surprised at the title of the post. To me it sounds a bit legalise (I didn't realise that was actually a real word).

[bushbaby_de]

It sounds to me like the OP has been given a list of hypothetical scenarios and has been asked to assess whether the law of contract would apply or not - ie they want us to do their homework for them!

[mike11111]

In a supermarket the contract is formed at the checkout, and not before.
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953]

[factor-fiction]

I don't see it as theoretical/homework question because the OP has thrown in (on another thread) this obscure reference to a superintendent saying he wasn't allowed to put the items back.

[bushbaby_de]

the OP sounds American in which case the law is different anyway. But I certainly used to get questions in stages asking if your advice changes at any point, which is why i thought it was homework.