Can't return headphones?

Brooker_Dave

timcrips wrote: »

what about just taking them back and saying they are broken and therefore inside consumer act due your money back... (they are kinda broken in that they are poo)

Why can't OP just accept the fact that he or she has brought the wrong ones and it's no fault of the shop?

People need to take resonsibility for their own actions, innit.

Brooker_Dave

dag wrote: »

You could just lie

Nice............

Brooker_Dave

timcrips wrote: »

what about just taking them back and saying they are broken

Stamp on them and brush the remains into a bag, and then demand a refund.

When they laugh at you, demand compensation!!

DCFC79

If you want to get rid of them, try taking them to anotherhmv and say they were as a birthday present(if paid by cash) or you ask for a refund(if paid by card)

markelock

or just learn from the mistake, keep them and listen to music, & buy another pair specifically for running in. they'll end up getting sweaty anyway

eyelinerprincess

I think because they're opened and there's nothing specifically wrong with them, they won't take them back as they can't resell them.

I had no problems taking mine back, but that was because after two days, the low end was gone and when I was listening to a DVD everyone's voices went fuzzy.

Sssssss

didn't hear this from me, take screw driver, open up, cut wire, take back as faulty, job done

Brooker_Dave

Sssssss wrote: »

didn't hear this from me, take screw driver, open up, cut wire, take back as faulty, job done

Build a giant raygun in a secret mountain, point it at HMV HQ and demand compensation, along with world domination etc.

Given that the general consensus is to either lie to or defraud the shop, why then the tears when shops lie and defraud customers?

hollydays

iviv wrote: »

They said that I'd opened them, which was enough
I'm going to print off the page of the sale of goods act that says they must refund if its not fit for purpose, and ask them (probably get a manager) to show where in the law it says they can refuse on grounds of them being worn.
Unless anyone else knows something I don't?

Would a shop refund swimwear that you had worn just because it didn't stay put when jogging baywatch style along the beach? When you should have bought a sensible speedo costume?

Or a ballgown that you tripped over if you fell over drunk ,chav-style at Ascot?

Neither those items are SUITABLE for those activities.
Neither were your earphones.
They were fit for general purpose listening.

pinkshoes

iviv wrote: »

Unfortunately, I didn't ask at all. Just went to the headphone section, picked them up and paid.
And couldn't you argue that headphones are for listening on the move, which these aren't really?

From someone who used to do a LOT of running, then you need to select earphones that are specifically designed for running, and they usually say so on the packet!

If they didn't say that they were for running, then you won't be able to get a refund, as you can't claim they're not fit for purpose. "On the move" would mean commuting/travel, walking round etc...