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We have established PriceWatch where you can report exploitative pricing. Make a complaint (external link) - Commerce Commission Consumers should ask for the reason a price has increased and if they believe the reason that is given is not true, they should make a complaint to the Commerce Commission. This means that if a business gives a reason for a price increase it must be true or the business risks breaching the law.

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While businesses are free to set their own prices and increasing prices above levels charged previously isn’t illegal in New Zealand, the Fair Trading Act prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct and false representations. Help by product and service Price increases and PriceWatch We have information on solving problems with specific products and services, eg cars, phone and broadband, electricity and gas, in our Help by product and services section. They must also clearly state any limitations or qualifications to a special offer, such as if there are limits on the number of items per customer or limited stock is available. The retailer must be able to justify price comparisons and statements about scarcity, discounts, and sale prices when they are questioned. Any representations about price must be clear, accurate and unambiguous. Misleading pricing is when a product is promoted in an unclear way, that may cause you to be misled about the true cost of the product. This rule doesn't apply if a reasonable person would know the claim was just exaggeration. They're breaching the Act if they make a claim they can't back up with evidence, even if it later turns out to be true.īusinesses making environmental claims about sustainability, recycling, carbon neutrality, energy efficiency, or use of natural products must make sure those claims are accurate and based on solid scientific evidence.

It was much less than it should have been.Īdvertised prices must be genuine, and there must not be extra costs you weren't told about.īusinesses and traders can't make claims without reasonable grounds - like evidence to back them up - otherwise it is called an unsubstantiated representation.

There was a genuine mistake about the price.

If you have been undercharged, the trader can’t ask you to pay the extra amount after the sale is completed unless you knew: Any price misrepresentation is likely a breach of the Fair Trading Act. The retailer can’t charge more than the displayed price. A product could be advertised or displayed at a higher or lower price than its actual price. Incorrect pricing is when an advertised price is different from the actual price the seller intends to charge you for the product. Pricing (external link) - Commerce Commission Incorrect pricingĪ trader or retailer doesn't have to advertise or display their prices.

Unfair sales practices like bait advertising, which is when businesses lure you in with cheap items that are unavailable, then offer a more expensive item instead.

Making claims about products if they don't have evidence to back them up.

Writing or saying anything false or misleading about products or services, including in advertising.

It is illegal for a business to mislead or deceive you about the things they sell. Under the Fair Trading Act (FTA), you have the right to clear and accurate prices for products and services, and factual advertising.