Jobs & Education0 min ago
If A Shop Takes A Deposit For Goods In Stock, How Long Do They Have To Keep Them For If The Customer Doesn't Return, Please
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by ladywoman. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The shopkeeper should have given the customer a receipt/ticket, which says what will happen to the goods if they are not collected within a certain time. If the shopkeeper feels that the customer is not going to return to collect the goods, he must contact the customer and say what will happen if the goods are not collected within a specified time period.
This is the situation in Scotland (I don't know what applies in England): if the purchaser fails to collect the goods, the shopkeeper can regard them as having been abandoned. The shopkeeper should let the police know that the goods have been abandoned. The police have a responsibility to take charge of abandoned goods, and to keep them for two months. If nobody gets in touch with the police during this time, at the end of two months, they can: return the goods to the finder (and that means the shopkeeper who reported them as being abandoned); dispose of them in a sale.
If the police return the goods to the shopkeeper, the goods now belong to the shopkeeper. If the original purchaser comes to collect the goods within a year of abandoning them, they still have to be returned to the original owner.
If the police return the goods to the shopkeeper, the goods now belong to the shopkeeper. If the original purchaser comes to collect the goods within a year of abandoning them, they still have to be returned to the original owner.
A deposit doesnt secure the goods forever nor are they deemed abandoned unless they are paid for in full.
Was there no agreement at all that went with the deposit transaction?
If not I would consider 28 days or one calendar month a reasonable time.
It might be worth keeping the deposit aside and refundung it if the customer does return after that, but the there is no real obligation to do so.
Was there no agreement at all that went with the deposit transaction?
If not I would consider 28 days or one calendar month a reasonable time.
It might be worth keeping the deposit aside and refundung it if the customer does return after that, but the there is no real obligation to do so.
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.