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Is this a stupid store policy or is it just me?
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Kay???? | Report | 28 Mar 2013 18:52 |
Anne next time go in by yourself,,,,,, :-D, |
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vera2010 | Report | 28 Mar 2013 18:38 |
Errol - No, not sell to anyone. Just use their discretion which is within the law. This was an obvious adult, buying a family meal in the presence of younger adults. I'm sure discretion would have been applied if the loss of a sale of food was involved. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 28 Mar 2013 18:04 |
LOL Detective... |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:53 |
Don't think the shops have actually increased the age for purchasing alcohol - they just check the ages on ID. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:49 |
One thing puzzles me. The legal age to consume alcohol is 18 but the shops have set the age at 25, that is +7 over the legal age. so people in their 30s are suspected of being under the legal age limit of 18. Not many 30 year olds look and dress like 18 year olds. So the shops have actually changed the law so that the legal age is 25?? |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:45 |
Have changed Avi for 1 day only to show all 3 in question |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:40 |
So would you rather that these shops sold to anyone? |
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vera2010 | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:28 |
So there is some discretion. If the person selling the alcohol is confident that the alcohol is not going to be consumed by others (present at the time) they can sell it. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:26 |
It hasn't affected me but what I find annoying is all this is to stop under age drinking. But nothing seems to stop it so where are the under age drinkers getting their booze? |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:23 |
Spoke to our youngest (mid 20's but looks late teens) about this. She says that she is always ID'd. |
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Robert | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:23 |
The law quite clearly state, if the person selling alcohol believes the person purchasing the alcohol is supplying it to person under the age of 18, then they must refuse the sale. these are not silly store policies , the laws on selling alcohol , states quite clearly the person selling the alcohol is the person that can be fined or jailed , or both for a breach of the law, |
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vera2010 | Report | 28 Mar 2013 17:07 |
Sounds ridiculous to me and would be interesting to find out if it is in fact illegal to sell wine to an adult in the presence of others who may/may not be under age and likely to drink it. The other people in the queue with small children /infants could be neglectful and one of their children drink the alcohol or heaven forefend put a little nip in the bottle to help the baby sleep as happened back in the day. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 28 Mar 2013 13:36 |
No Merlin there seems to be no problem on that score. |
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Merlin | Report | 28 Mar 2013 12:55 |
Just curious but, as most of these stores offer home delivery if you order online,can you order wine etc, or do you have to provide proof of age? |
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Guinevere | Report | 28 Mar 2013 12:24 |
Just back from shopping at M&S and talked to one of the managerial people there who said the situation does seem to have been "daft". |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Mar 2013 10:45 |
Hayley I agree that they sell some alcohol at ludicrously low prices (probably quite often loss leaders). But this is a slightly different issue because they would still not sell it knowingly to underage drinkers. I do not have an issue with having to show proof of age (I wish somebody would ask me!) and at the end of the day they are protecting themselves and their staff. As rightly pointed out above, there are hefty fines and entrapment is not unknown. |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 28 Mar 2013 07:05 |
I personally think its redic and what makes me laugh is the hypocrisy of some of the big supermarkets, still selling cretes of beer at knock down prices and cheap liver rotting alcohol |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 28 Mar 2013 06:45 |
As of 2011, all four giant supermarket chains, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, along with others such as Marks & Spencer, Bargain Booze and Waitrose apply Challenge 25 and are renowned for exceptional strictness in the matter of showing identification. |
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Suzanne | Report | 27 Mar 2013 22:18 |
i really think sometimes that supermarkets go overboard. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 27 Mar 2013 21:58 |
Libby thank you |
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