José Ángel Ponce recalled that "there is a free consumer advice and claim service in the Municipal Office of Consumer Information, which can be used for any incident."
January 9th.
The Councilor for Health and Consumer Affairs of the City of Lorca, José Ángel Ponce, has informed the Lorca company a series of recommendations when buying during the sale period.
Ponce explained that "on the occasion of the traditional period of winter sales that has begun this week, from the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs we want to remember the rights of consumers when it comes to benefiting from these discounts."
The Edil has detailed that "we understand that there is sales on sale when the usual sales items in stores are actually offered at a price lower than the one previously established. On the contrary, the qualification of rebates to those products not put will not be admitted for sale beforehand, as well as for damaged or acquired products in order to be sold at a lower price than the ordinary one. "
José Ángel Ponce has continued indicating that "in the offer of items with price reduction, the previous price must be clearly stated in each of them, together with the reduced price, unless they are items for sale for the first time , and shall be understood as the previous price, the lowest that would have been applied to identical products in the preceding thirty days. "
"The duration of each sales period will be freely established by the criteria of each merchant but it will have to be clearly specified in the sales announcements and, where appropriate, the special rules applicable to them," said the councilor.
Ponce Díaz has also explained that "the products offered for sale on sale must have the same guarantee and identical protection in terms of returns or refunds of amounts paid as during ordinary sales."
The Councilor for Consumption has advised "to take into account the needs of each and make a list of the products that we really need, as well as compare prices in different establishments" and recalled that "there is a free advice and claim service in the matter of consumption in the Municipal Office of Information to the Consumer, to which it is possible to go before any incident, located in the street Carmen Ayala ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca