The advertisements for offers in shops will include the selling price or the price reduction in percentage, the length of the offer and number of available items sold at a discount. The distribution or posting of generalized advertisements promoting “reductions of down to” in percentage could be banned. The Liberal MPs proposed a bill that defines the regulations concerning the sale of products and provision of services at prices that are lower than usual, IPN reports.
The Liberals propose that the advertised products and services sold at a discount should be on sale throughout the announced period, except for the case when the advertisement say the offer is valid until the stores are used up, by indicating the number of available goods. Any announcement or another form of advertising promoting “full reductions” or containing similar formulations will be disseminated only when the reduction in the normal price is applied to all the goods on sale, by indicating the exact reduction in percentage.
In the period of discounts, the traders will be obliged to keep a register of goods and services exhibited on sale at lower prices that should be put in a visible place and made available to consumers. When the offer is over, the advertisements should be removed the next day.
The authors of the bill said the proposals were formulated in connection with the recent cases when dishonest traders announced false reductions or reductions that didn’t match the posted advertisements. Some traders often increase the selling prices of some products overnight so as to post the advertised price on the reduction day. In reality, the prices remain practically the same and the consumers are misled.
