page § - January 14, 1976 -

North Shore News

Consumer questions

QUESTION:
thing that has more than one
price tag on it, can I pall off
all of the tags except the one
that shows the lowest price?

If I buy some-

ANSWER: Nope! Not if

you expect to be able to pay.

that lower price.-To under-
stand this, you have to
remember that the price
shown on price tags is not a
legally binding statement.

The price of an object is the

amount agreed on between
. yourself and the cashier

when you check out—not the

amount shown on the tag.

Of course, in. practice the
cashier will charge the
amount shown on the price
tag, but legally the cashier
can tell you an_ entirely

different price. Why? Be-

cause the law’ still acts as
though the’- barter system

were in effect. It wants to.

allow for you to bargain with
the salesman. Modern check-
out counters weren’t dreamt
of when the law was written.

Tneoreticaliy a cierk Cai
follow you down the aisle,
stamping a new price on your
can of beans every step you

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tance.

A few years ago when
supermarkets first came un-
der fire for their bad
' practices, both Safeway and
Super Valu pledged that
there would be no more
‘“*double-ticketing’’ in their
stores. Of course, the doub-
le-ticketing didn’t stop and

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the management blamed this
on individual store operators.
Last year, when food prices
again caused a flurry of
consumer activity, both com-
panies again pledged to end
double-ticketing. The value
of that pledge seems to

‘depend on your local store

manager, however. But if
you find several price stick-
ers on an item in one of these
stores, demand to pay the
lower price. If the store
refuses, let us know—and
write Safeway and Kelly-
Douglas as well.

There may be legislation in
the ‘works (Federal) to
change this—buat so far no

real progress has been made

in that direction.

Six. North Shore students
were among the 85 delegates
to the 45th session of the
B.C. Youth Parliament con-
vened in Victoria over the
Christmas holidays.

The six North Shore
delegates were Dave -Wilson
(Minister of Finance), Dave
Lovely (Leader of the Oppo-
Sition),. Collen Barr, Jane
Jung, Duncan Ferguson and
John Moonen. They were all
sponsored by local schools
and churches.

During the session in
Victoria, the young parlia-
mentarians discussed and
supported legislation” con-

Connie Barber says: a . :
save on shic
special low prices

20%-30

Examples from the many selected to clear c7

PRINTED WOOL JERSEY REG. $5.95 NOW $475
ACRYLIC DOUBLEKNIT REG 7.95 ..

ACRYLIC PRINTED JERSEY -REG 8.95 Now $7"5 |

POLYESTER DOUBLEKNIT REG 7.95 NOW $6
POLYESTER RIBKNITS REG 6.95

You should understand
that the above only applies to
price labels and not to
adveriisements. If a store
advertises a certain price on
an item, then that price must
stand—and* no _ bargaining
can raise it. To charge a
higher-than-advertised price
is a violation of Federal
Combines Act and conviction
can bring a fine of up to
$10,000.

Meanwhile, why not try
bargaining the next time you
shop? Don’t pay the listed
price, try to talk the clerk
down. It might be fun—but
we doubt you'll get a lower
price.

cerning their service proj-
ects, as well as topical
subjects such as abortion,
physical fitness, access to
government information..

To carry out its projects
the Youth Parliament has a
budget of $5,600. Individual
members sell bonds (tax
deductible donations) to pro-
mote their youth work.

The B.C.Y.P. was origin-
ally known as the Older Boys

Parliament .of B.C., but ff
_ young women have attended |
past two years, |
necessitating the change in_
name.

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Weaving
(Off-icom]

Madeleiné Chisholm, well known fibre
artist will be instructing a course on
creating wali-hangings in a variety of
interesting techniques.

Madeleine has large commissioned works
in Downtown Vancouver and in buildings
across Ganada.

Fabric ic Printing
-& Dyeing

Instructor Dianne Jillings will teach this
course, which includes dyeing with

natural dyes on fabric using the ancient
dyes, _indigo,

printing will be taught.

A FEW SPACES LEFT

iron and tannic. _The ,

Design

Sheila-Smeaton, a papular weaver and
instructor, will teach this course. Now.
you are weaving, take this course to help
you design creatively. Specific design
problems will be solved and new W projects

. started.

Children's —
Weaving
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. — noon

children can enjoy their own special

weaving classes In the happy atmosphere |
of Handcraft Hause.

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