Sterling to Euro

Dont know if im in the right part of the forum, sure ill be moved if not. I have a question, i shop online from a british clothing site on a regular basis. they give the prices in both euro and sterling. This morning i decided to check that the euro amount was right. and it was not there was a difference of 5 euro in this particular item i was looking at. Is there any thing that can be done about this are the able to do this or is there anything i can do? apart from not buy there again cause i love the site

Sterling to Euro

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Ask them to charge your the GBP£ price if it would be more advantageous to you (having allowed for credit card or other payment mechanism foreign exchange margins etc.). If they don't and insist on a € price that is higher than a direct conversion using latest rates then there's not much that you can do.

On the same topic, if you turned up at a store that had dual pricing with sterling cash in your hand, could you not demand to pay with it? The store has advertised the price in sterling, surely that means it is available for sale at that price in that currency?

No.

Price tags are just "invitations to treat" and not legally binding in themselves (although there are also consumer laws regarding accurate price displays). GBP£ is not legal tender in Ireland (well most of it! ).

yoganmahew said:

On the same topic, if you turned up at a store that had dual pricing with sterling cash in your hand, could you not demand to pay with it? The store has advertised the price in sterling, surely that means it is available for sale at that price in that currency?

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No. It means it's cheaper not to have to change the tags when it's exported etc. Sterling is not legal tender here- you don't have the right to pay with it. I work in Dunnes, who export to the UK. The tills are not enabled to accept sterling, nor should they be, it's an Irish company and because there's so many Dunnes it would be such a hassle for the cash offices to change the cash. You can change sterling to euro at all customer service desks in Dunnes, but you're not going to get great value for money. I hate it when people shout at me for not accepting sterling.. or worse, for not being able to make their credit card payment go through in sterling, because that's possible...?

Several shops have recently lowered their euro price, Dunnes amonst them, River Island also. Several places DO accept sterling, the major one-off department stores, Easons and M&S (Dublin only, I think).

They recently names the worst offenders for euro-sterling inflation..Laura Ashley was one, Topshop another.

I am slightly worried about Euro-Sterling discussion, as it usually is pointless as most of the dicussion are just not on the point.

Just out of the fact that the Sterling is cheaper now (for Euro countries) does not mean that the stuff itself is cheaper. Dunnes in England will not lower the prices because of the exchange rates, and Dunnes in Ireland has no reason to do so as well.

Why? The cost basis has not changed, so why should anyone lower the price? The stuff being sold was most likely paid in HK-$ 6 months ago. The Sterling price on the tag is as important and useful as a "Made for Dunnes Stores" sticker.

Even if the change in exchange rate brings the wholesale price down for 10%, how much difference will this make at the end? Not much.

And insisting on paying in Sterling (doesn't matter if it's cash or credit card) in an Irish shop because of an £-price on the tag is almost unbelievable.

And insisting on paying in Sterling (doesn't matter if it's cash or credit card) in an Irish shop because of an £-price on the tag is almost unbelievable.

Re Above: I shop in Newry and all of the shops in the Quays Shopping Centre have no problem with me paying in Euro. Their tills seemed to be set up that they can key in either Sterling or Euro. (They do give back any change in Sterling). Why can't stores here do the same thing?

Of course they accept euro, it's in their interest to do so, they get a huge amount of customers from Dublin etc. Shops here don't exactly get a huge amount of people with sterling, for a lot of shops, it wouldn't be worth the bother. The point is, if the shop is near the border or gets a huge proportion of customers with another currency, then by all means, it makes sense to accommodate this, they're not obliged to do so though.