Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 July 2003
Forfás Consumer Pricing Report 2003: Statements.
I agree with Senator Quinn that the maximum quality and quantity of information should be available in an easy form to consumers. Car dealers can take a half or quarter page advertisement in a newspaper advertising the cars they have for sale without mentioning a price anywhere. If one cannot tell one's customers the price one is expecting for something, one is immediately involved in a little deception. Imagine Senator Quinn taking a full page advertisement in the Sunday Independent, for example, showing all his products but not including the prices. Car dealers do this on a regular basis. In the motoring supplements there are many pages of advertisements which do not display any prices.
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