Re: F*****g Halfords
I think many people on here do not know the Sale of Goods Act as amended 1979 and what it means to you as a buyer.
A person/company/shop does not have to refund ANY item, and in fact has the right to repair an item if it turns out to be faulty before offering a refund.
The goods must be:
* as described
* of satisfactory quality
* fit for purpose
As described refers to any advert or verbal description made by the trader.
Satisfactory quality covers minor and cosmetic defects as well as substantial problems. It also means that products must last a reasonable time. But it doesn't give you any rights if a fault was obvious or pointed out to you at point of sale.
Fit for purpose covers not only the obvious purpose of an item but any purpose you queried and were given assurances about by the trader.
If you buy something which doesn't meet these conditions, you have the potential right to return it, get a full refund, and if it will cost you more to buy similar goods elsewhere, compensation (to cover the extra cost) too.
Note, however, that the right to reject goods and get a full refund only lasts for a relatively short time after which a buyer is deemed to have 'accepted' goods. This doesn't mean that the buyer has not legal redress against the seller, just that he/she isn't entitled to a full refund.
Where people get confused is where a store or group have there OWN policy for returns. Though it is pretty much universal even with stores/companies that do have a return policy that if you order a specific item you will not get any sort of refund if you return it, some MAY have a restocking %.
So if for example you bought an item of clothing and didn't try it on until you got home and found it didn't fit, that is your mistake and by law you are not entitled to a refund as the goods do not fall into the above criteria, the label described the size, you felt the quality as you lifted it off the shelf/hanger, it does what its meant to be. So why should a retailer/seller refund your wrong decision, the reason that some items as order only is because they are such slow sellers they would not hold stock of them for fear of never selling them.
Do has has been suggested, learn from it, move on from it, sell it on ebay and redeem some of your money back.
The customer is not always right, they are often very, very wrong
