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If the price has increased

Before you placed the order the seller should have told you in writing:
• how long the goods or services were staying at that price
• all details of other costs like postage and packing

• any taxes you need to pay

Even if the seller did give you all the information and the final price is still different from the one you were quoted, the seller might have broken the law.

What to do:
• You normally have a right to cancel for any reason within seven working days
• If the written information was incorrect you have longer to cancel

If you don't want to cancel:
• read the terms and conditions and ask the trader to justify the increase
A wide and unlimited contractual right that allows the trader to increase the price may be an unfair term – see www.oft.gov.uk/html/consume/general.htm#uct