From: John Anderton 
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: Petrol Station rip off
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:48:09 GMT

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:36:26 +0100, "Aaron B"  wrote:


>No it isn't.
>There is no obligation on a shop to accept cards at all.
>An offer of payment is an 'invitation to treat'.  

Er, no it isn't.

The "invitation to treat" is the retailer offering something, petrol
in this case, for sale.

>If they don't accept it, 
>there is no sale.

The retailer doesn't do the accepting, it's the customer who does
that, by filling their tank with petrol. That forms a contract that
the customer has to fulfill by paying for the fuel.

>If you make off with the goods it will be theft. 
>
Not if the retailer has unreasonably refused an attempt at payment,

Cheers,

John