On 19 Jul 2001 16:37:37 +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
>> Not to be a spoil sport but, I don't think so.
>>> "If you have a genuine complaint about faulty goods, you can ignore
> shop notices such as 'No Refunds' or 'No Exchanges'."
>> "You have no rights under the Sale of Goods Act if you
> simply change your mind about wanting the goods."
>> I don't think it not working in linux makes it faulty. Unless of course
> it says on the box "Linux compatible". So if it works in
> (presumably) windows/os9.0 then you really have no argument unless you
> were told it worked in linux.
>> Your having opened it or not in this case is entirely irrelevant as
> they've sold youa a perfectly good product. Most retailers do offer at
> least what dixons do and many offer a couple of weeks even if it's opened,
> but you can understand from there point of view, if it's no longer salable
> and they can't return it to the manufacturer (w/out a charge anyway) as
> it's not faulty, then they'd be kind of stuck with it.
I guess I sit corrected so.
B^)
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