{"id":14158,"date":"2011-04-17T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-you-entitled-to-a-refund-when-the-item-youve-bought-is-faulty\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T04:53:22","slug":"are-you-entitled-to-a-refund-when-the-item-youve-bought-is-faulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-you-entitled-to-a-refund-when-the-item-youve-bought-is-faulty\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you entitled to a refund when the item you've bought is faulty?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe rules and regulations governing consumer rights are confusing. Anna Tims looks at the detailWhen the hard drive on Jack Allum’s 13-month-old laptop expired he trustingly returned to the store where he had bought it and requested a repair or replacement. The store was Argos, which declared that, since his warranty had expired the previous month, Allum and his \u00a3400 laptop were no concern of theirs unless he paid a technician to prove a manufacturing fault. “I remember reading that I have a two-year guarantee on electrical items under EU law, but Argos is still being stubborn,” says Allum.Confused? Aren’t we all. I remember an assistant at my local sports shop shoving lengths of shredded cardboard at me (all that was left of the original boxes which had been ripped apart by over-eager shoppers) as I was buying a pair of roller skates. “You’ll need the packaging in case there’s something wrong and you have to bring them back,” he said. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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