Up to 6 years Warranty on electrical goods!

Paul_Higgins

I found a useful bit of info.

As a new user I was unable to post the link.

It seems to be saying that EU legislation gives 2 years warranty on electronic goods (TV’s, irons, etc) and that the UK actually has a 6 year warranty enshrined in law (though it can be difficult to establish rights under the act).

If any 'trusted' users would like to PM me, I will send them the link to post.

socrates

Paul people have been discussing it since Monday - but thanks all the same

Welcome to the site

stugib

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Bloody Daily Mail!

Paul_Higgins

stugib wrote: »

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Bloody Daily Mail!

I thought it was the Telegraph? That's the one I read. Anyhow, we should bear it in mind. Whatever the seller says, invoke the law. It's a game of bluff- I am not a novice in these areas- and they will try to insist the warranty is one year, but you have to stand your ground, providing you are in the right and once they realise you know a bit and won't be fobbed of, they tend to give in.
I have actually succesfully argued several cases (mainly concerning debt and creditors) where I discovered later I was wrong but because I said I would fight it to the end and that if I won it would open the doors for thousands of people to claim or counter-claim, they have capitulated. The main things to rememeber are that it should really be a grey area that may not have been tested in the courts and therefore you have a reasonable chance of success and also to try to manipulate the situation so that they take you to court. That way you may get legal aid and the onus is on them to convince a judge/magistrate that their case is justified.

dawsonk

Paul_Higgins wrote: »

I found a useful bit of info.

As a new user I was unable to post the link.

It seems to be saying that EU legislation gives 2 years warranty on electronic goods (TV’s, irons, etc) and that the UK actually has a 6 year warranty enshrined in law (though it can be difficult to establish rights under the act).

If any 'trusted' users would like to PM me, I will send them the link to post.

can u send me the link plz as i am havin troube sort stuff with argos after a 2 year tv as broke

Mark_Hewitt

Paul_Higgins wrote: »

I found a useful bit of info.

As a new user I was unable to post the link.

It seems to be saying that EU legislation gives 2 years warranty on electronic goods (TV’s, irons, etc) and that the UK actually has a 6 year warranty enshrined in law (though it can be difficult to establish rights under the act).

If any 'trusted' users would like to PM me, I will send them the link to post.

No, they don't. The law simply states that you have the right to return an item for up to 6 years, if you can prove it has an inherent fault, present at the time of manufacture, and you would reasonably expect the item to last longer than 6 years - there aren't many things that you can say that of.

It is not, and it not even close to being - a six year warranty.

The_Pedant

It is not, and it not even close to being - a six year warranty.

If only more people realised this.

Now, if you can just convince the press to stop touting attention grabbing headlines they don't convey the real picture then everyone's life would be so much easier

savemoney

Agreed to many people fall for the EU consumer law which is less powerful than the sale of goods act as EU law only goes up to 2 years SOGA is up to 6 but you have to prove the goods are defective and should be reasonable last longer than x amount of time

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

No, they don't. The law simply states that you have the right to return an item for up to 6 years, if you can prove it has an inherent fault, present at the time of manufacture, and you would reasonably expect the item to last longer than 6 years - there aren't many things that you can say that of.

It is not, and it not even close to being - a six year warranty.

savemoney

Op hasn't been online on MSE since May

Sale of Goods Act Fact Sheet - BIS

is what you need

dawsonk wrote: »

can u send me the link plz as i am havin troube sort stuff with argos after a 2 year tv as broke

Esqui

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moonrakerz

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