On 20/04/17 12:28, tim... wrote:
"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?
After 18 months actually. In the case of the longest one.
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.
I accidental;y ordered a TV wall bracket for a friend and it turned out
the TV had unusually wide fittings, so it went straight back no problem
Even postage was refunded.. My mistake. I should have double checked.
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
How can you test iit?
you have to put it together first.,
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
Took my Panasonic TV back to currys in Cambridge .
'Wossup mate?'
'After ten miunutes it switches itself off, if I have it connected to
the network showing videos. If its just watching the TV it takes half an
hour'
(plugs it into ship power)
'seems OK to me... '
'well it isn't., Why would I want a like for like replacement if it
actually worked?'
'ok, that makes sense, have a new one'
That was the third one. The first was ordered online but not from
Amazon. It wasn't a smart TV - and that was the websites fault. It came
up ion a smart TV search. I had to drive 25 miles to 'drop it off'
But then I had to drive 25 miles to Currys in Cambridge as well.
There are places that refund willingly. Amazon is one. There are places
that refund grudgingly like John Lewis, and Ebay is between there and
willingly, and there are places that make it impossible to ever get
your money back on anything.
They don't hang around long, except as shops, which is why I prefer to
use ebay/amazon. If the guy has x thousand recommends its generally a
sign he really is OK.
The two worst products I have bought in the last two years are both in
shop' purchases. Te staples chair and the Boots bathroom scales that I
fixed a year ago or so. They have gone wrong again in a creatively new
way, and this time they are in the ****ing bin.
Frankly I am now buying more on the internet than ever, because I get a
better service that way, and its easier to send stuff back.
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