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SHOPS OPERATED BY Musgraves and Tesco are among those who were issued with compliance notices by the industry watchdog for overcharging.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission published its list of enforcement actions taken over the past six months.
The Commission secured two convictions in this period, one against VK Motors Ltd, previously trading at an address near Dublin’s Harold’s Cross, was found to be providing false information in relation to a vehicle’s mileage.
In a separate case, Brian Fassnidge, formerly trading at Motorcity Nass Road, was found to have been misleading consumers in relation to the sale of crashed cars. He also received a conviction for supplying a dangerous product.
Isolde Goggin, commission chair, said
Consumers being misled in the sale of second-hand cars is an offence which is taken very seriously by the Commission due to the high level of potential detriment or loss which may be suffered by consumers.
“This loss can be financial which is significant but the potential safety implications can be even more serious. As a result the Commission will continue to focus resources on investigating this area.”
A total of 25 different businesses were slapped with enforcement orders relating to the correct display of prices.
Shops issued with compliance notices for overcharging included a Supervalu shop in Ballinter, a Tesco at Santry’s Omni Park, and a Boots in Limerick.
A Dunnes Stores in Clare, JD Sports in Dundrum Town Centre, and Dublin 4′s Donnybrook Fair were among those issued with a fixed penalty for failing to indicate product prices.
“The contacts we receive from consumers are crucial in helping the Commission to shine a light on areas where traders are engaging in unfair commercial practices and we welcome contacts from consumers through our helpline on 1890 432 432, Facebook page and website, consumerhelp.ie,” Goggin concluded.
Compliance Notices issued to Traders who charged more for consumer goods than the price displayed, as described by Section 43(3)(c) and contrary to Section 42 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2007 – Number of Compliance Notices issued : 10
Traders in breach of the EC (Requirements to Indicate Product Prices) Regulations 2002 – Number of FPNs issued: 14
Traders in breach of the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Display Order, 1999 – Number of FPNs issued: 1
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Maybe they could get rid the tax discs as well and use the same technology. Actually while they are at it scrap motor tax and put 1c on each litre of fuel that way everybody pays no motor tax dodging anymore and if your car I’d genuinely off the road you will not have to go a tell a guard.
Nothing like using a crisis for a big brother power grab.. Never let a good crisis go to waste as the old saying goes.
It makes more sense to git rid in tax disks. They are only checked by the Garda. Insurance disks are checked by people involved in an accident too.
The average motorist may use 40 /50 ltrs per week . 50 cent per week I think you would see an increase of at least 10 cent per ltr for it to work. Not to bad if you use 50 ltr pw but I use 150ltr pw !! In a car not van or truck. Should I pay up to €800 per year on Tax
Lot of people have gotten rid of tax discs anyway…simply can’t afford them.
@Lee Jones: Good idea but as it wouldn’t have a guaranteed revenue they’ll never go for it. At least they can have an almost flawless projection on the amount of registered cars with the disc. Anything that is of benefit to you usually doesn’t happen.
@Barry Davidson: €710 road tax for a 00 e class,madness.
They abolished discs in the U.K. a few years ago. Automatic plate recognition by DVLA cars and police – not paid/up to date means you can’t get an MOT test and no insurance means you can’t Tax your car etc. All 3 systems can be checked (MOT/tax/insurance).
Australian system works well. Around $700 per year registration which covers tax and third party insurance. If you want to get fully comp you arrange it yourself.
But that would make sense. Sense doesn’t work in Ireland, greed does.
@guru that’s about €1000 in todays money. Quite expensive. Halve the price and you got a deal.
No it’s not. It’s a shade under €500. So there’s half the price. We got a deal?
I just looked up the Garda.ie website and it says that “An Garda Síochána uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)……the roll out of ANPR in An Garda Síochána was completed in 2010. Am I missing something as if this is true then simply it should only need a connection to the Insurance database. Is there any joined up thinking between the Garda, the Minister and the insurance industry?
I’m sure whatever happens it’s going to cost tens of millions.
And probably can’t handle muddy reg plates.
@Frank, I got a fixed penalty notice for a mondeo breaking the speed limit in Tuam, yet I’ve never driven in Tuam, and don’t have a mondeo. The mondeo in question had 1 number different to my motorbike and the camera read in incorrectly. Stupid computer!
How is the government spending a fortune on a computer system to stop you receiving an insurance disc going to save you money on insurance premiums? In order to monitor driver patterns they’d have to be cameras on every road recording everything you do. Sounds like a sales pitch for their mates
They follow driving patterns by the insurance company’s putting a gps tracker in your car. The data will of course be spun in a way that in the long run we will end up paying the same as what we are now (if not more)
Buy into the UK system. No insurance, tax or NCT discs used in the U.K. In addition you have valid insurance in place before you can tax a vehicle.
Anpr is already fitted in Garda cars and at toll booths.
They don’t need to put cameras everywhere, it just means the Garda can check the cars insurance/tax/nct details without stopping you. They already do this for tax anyway! The computer system (pulse) is already there too so cost would be minimal.
I wouldn’t like to have gps fitted to my car though, that’s a step in the wrong direction.
The real agenda is fraud. When something becomes so expensive, people are forced into fraudulent methods of avoiding spiralling costs.
Printing discs and driving without insurance going up, hence insurance premiums going up.
There are thousands of untaxed cars on our roads. A fuel levy instead of road tax would ensure that most if not all of the dodgers have to pay up and also the more you drive the more you pay as you use the roads more often.
John do you actually think you are the first person to think of that ?
@Steven Cee: Absolutely not. I am sure it was thought about by hundreds of people over the years. The trouble is the people who can do something about it are not thinking at all.
Will ANPR have the same gut feel or intuition that a guard has that something just not right and requires further investigation when stopping someone at a checkpoint. This technology is further removing the average guard from the beat and this to me is not a good thing.
Just wait, number plate cloning will be the next problem.
And it’s very easy to do. €10 will get you a new number plate made up in any motor factor’s. No questions asked.
Already a thing of the past for a lot of people who don’t bother with insurance
Untaxed and uninsured cars should be seized and crushed no matter who is driving them .
@William Mcgee: With the occupants still in the vehicle???
The insurance companies will only produce 30percent of the information available… and out goverment accept this. Give me a break… Noonan told the insurance companies to increase the premiems when ever they can . He said this3 years ago
How people can still get a away with not paying road tax and insurance in the age of smartphones etc is laughable. Its the uninsured people on the road that worry me the most
Paper insurance disks are great. You can easily check when your tax and insurance is up with a quick glance. I think paper disks should stay.
1st paragraph 2nd line should be ‘be’ not ‘me’
@JohnMcGuinness : It was your Fianna Fail party introduced the 2-Tier Motor Tax system .. the most regressive in the EU.
placing high tax burden on the most vulnerable low paid in Irish society. UK MPs refused to pass this odious law but you did.
https://www.change.org/p/unfair-car-tax-law
read what 4000 comments have to say about it https://www.change.org/p/unfair-car-tax-law/c
ANPR great system for catching criminals, has it reduced premiums in England? No! The fact is the insurance companies in Ireland have been un regulated like the banks and have got out of control, greed & profit raises its ugly head again. Simple system you don’t have an accident premium drops have an accident premium goes up. There must be an independent insurance regulator to keep an on the insurance company’s and cost of premiums
Agenda 21 David Icke Dublin 21 jan 2017
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