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Which? to take action against ‘greedy’ multiples
Consumer group Which? has announced that it plans to sue retailer JJB Sports in a bid to secure refunds for fans who allegedly paid too much for football shirts.
According to the BBC, under powers granted in the Enterprise Act,Which? has the right to launch a case of this kind at the Competition appeals Tribunal. It wants people who bought shirts from JJB in 2000 and 2001 to contact them as part of the case.
JJB told the BBC it was considering a response to the Which? action: "JJB Sports notes the Which? announcement that it intends to take legal action against JJB Sports for the sale of replica football shirts during the alleged price fixing of 2000 - 2001."
In 2003, JJB was fined £6.7m by the office of fair-trading (OFT) over price fixing. The OFT's price-fixing case against JJB and nine other businesses followed one of the biggest investigations of its type in the UK, said the BBC. Ten firms fixed prices for top selling short sleeved adult and junior shirts of the England team and Manchester United the OFT said. Though JJB denied any wrongdoing at the time,Which? said it wanted to force the firm to compensate consumers by taking the case to the tribunal.
"We hope it will soon be payback time for JJB Sports said Malcolm Coles ofWhich? They ripped off their customers, so we think it's only fair they should have to pay them back.”
