Fraser wrote:
"Jonathan Peters" wrote in message
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My original idea was to buy one of the boxes from Argos and see if it
worked; I could then take it back for a refund if it didn't.
Unfortunately, these items are excluded from Argos' 15-day money-back
guarantee, which leaves me kinda stuck.

I was under the impression that Argos had to follow standard legal
limits for a catalogue shop, which means a 28-day return policy. Most
try to "sell" this as a feature of their shop, but the fact is that
they legally have to.

What gives you that idea?

There are distance selling regulations for goods bought by mail order,
so you'd be able to return a freeview receiver in that case, however
just because Argos are a catalogue shop it doesn't mean you can't
inspect the goods before you buy (they even have a name for it -
"customer view")


The idea is that you don't know what the goods are like until you get
them home, as the shop doesn't have the facilities to show them to
you.

I'd double-check this before putting any money down though!!

I'd hope anyone would, because you're wrong.