{"id":69130,"date":"2017-10-16T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ive-been-left-200-out-of-pocket-after-buying-a-faulty-designer-handbag\/"},"modified":"2017-10-16T14:03:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:03:47","slug":"ive-been-left-200-out-of-pocket-after-buying-a-faulty-designer-handbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ive-been-left-200-out-of-pocket-after-buying-a-faulty-designer-handbag\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve been left \u00a3200 out of pocket after buying a faulty designer handbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI purchased a Sophie Hulme handbag at a sample sale but when it turned out to have a broken strap they refused to put it rightI recently went to a designer sample sale and brought a lovely Sophie Hulme handbag for \u00a3200. As the till said no exchanges or refunds I thoroughly checked the bag for scratches or faults before I bought it. The next day the metal attachment on the strap broke and the bag is now unusable. After careful inspection, it seemed there was a whole piece in the metal attachment missing that would have been impossible to spot when purchased. I emailed Sophie Hulme and it has refused even to provide a replacement for the metal attachment and has now stopped answering my emails. I understand the no refunds or exchanges policy, but I feel like my consumer rights have been ignored in this instance. Can you offer any advice? RL, London Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/oct\/16\/faulty-sophie-hulme-designer-handbag-broken\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019ve been left \u00a3200 out of pocket after buying a faulty designer handbag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I purchased a Sophie Hulme handbag at a sample sale but when it turned out&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hZ0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41244,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-billionaires-dream-the-most-expensive-home-ever-listed-in-us-goes-on-sale-for-250million\/","url_meta":{"origin":69130,"position":0},"title":"A billionaires&#039; dream: The most expensive home ever listed in US goes on sale for $250million","date":"January 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The most expensive home ever listed in the United States has just hit the market in Bel Air, Los Angeles at a whopping US$250 million ($350m).Handbag tycoon and owner-developer Bruce Makowsky dreamed up the extravagant property,...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...A billionaires' dream: The most expensive home ever\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":140729,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/schools-out-a-wonderfully-atmospheric-swedish-family-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":69130,"position":1},"title":"School\u2019s out: a wonderfully atmospheric Swedish family home","date":"December 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Smart thinking has transformed an old school near Malm\u00f6 into a magical n atmospheric homeHassle Skola is the Wiking family\u2019s home in a converted school building in southern Sweden. 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