[Gllug] Warning: copy control CD

[David Pashley]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stig Brautaset" <gllug at brautaset.org>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Warning: copy control CD


> On Feb 19 2003, Simon wrote:
> > >>If it does not you should return it to the store as unfit for the
> > >>purpose for which it is sold.
> > >
> > >If a "CD" really is not "fit for purpose" you could instruct the
> > >retailer to repair it so that it works. You do not have to accept a
> > >refund.
> >
> > Can you please point us towards a decent bit of legislation? It'd be
> > far more useful when chatting to the virgin staff than "some bloke off
> > a mailing list told me" I can just see it now: "A mailing _what_?"
>
> I don't know the rules details here in the uk, but in norway it is the
> other way around; the seller don't have to give you a refund, they can
> keep trying to repair it for a long time. However, if the seller *wants*
> to give you a refund or a replacement instead of trying to repair it
> there's really not much you can do about it.
>
That would certainly be the case if the item was faulty, but the problem
here is that the item was not fit for the purpose for which it was sold.
IANAL (yet), but I believe you are entitled to a refund.


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