"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 20/04/17 11:19, tim... wrote:
Not for the first time, nor for the second, do I find that my (from a
very limited sample) recent purchase is either CFU or fails within a few
months of buying it.

Why do people swear by this means of shopping

Things may be cheap(er) but if they are useless and you have limited
(practical) means to get redress, what's the point?

Gimme the pound shop any day, at least I can take things back :-)

tim


Nothing I have ever sent backl to aasmazon hasnt been either replaced or
refunded as a matter of courese.

after 5 months?

or because it doesn't work as well as an "original" replacement when it was
clearly described as not an original replacement (and priced accordingly).
I was prepared for it to not be as good as an original replacement - but it
performed worse that the worn out original item I was looking to replace.

Ebay? well generally iof you push you can get a refund there too.

But ebay is caveat emptor,

HOWEVER the last 2 items I got from ebay to repair the lefthand side
sockets on my laptop (where it fell off onto the floor) were 100% perfect.

The thing I should have taken back was the totally crap office chair I got
from staples, but that is a 45 mile round trip. Utter crap. Beyond utter
crap actually.

Well I wouldn't buy that sort of thing untested

I did the same with a chair that I bought from Viking (long before the
internet - in fact long before Staples had nationwide stores). It was far
from the cheapest available but completely uncomfortable.

But they offered an unconditional returns policy, so I rung up to return it

they asked if there was a price point at which I would accept it - I said no

tim