Duel price display by UK stores in Ireland

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Recently I was in a well known UK department store in Dublin and was looking at a pair of trainers. They had both the Sterling and Euro prices displayed; the only problem was that the conversion was based on an exchange rate of .60 and not around .75 which I would expect. Naturally I didn’t buy the items; instead I will go online to a UK retailer and buy them direct.

But my questions are as follows…

If I had the £45 sterling on me at the time could I have purchased the goods from the shop at the sterling prices?

And if not what is the point of displaying the Sterling price?
 
Its the companies own exchange rate they would use in their pricing, saves on 2 labels. But then again what exchange rate do you ever get. All the banks have their own buy / sell rates anyway.

Buying in sterling at that rate only makes sense if you buy loads so you save on the delivery... or if you drive to Northern Ireland.
 
It is my understanding that legal position is as follows:-

The prices displayed in shops are "an offer to treat" ie not binding on the shop and it is the customer who proposes the sale contract by asking/offering to buy goods in question. It is then up to the shop to accept or reject this offer.

Thus if you offer to buy at the £ price, the shop is not obliged to accept the sale.
 
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