Electric shock from Asda christmas lights

mikey72

Amistoso wrote: »

Nobody is being a troll, this is clearly a wind up

and do you have to be quite so dramatic? if it was "genuine" which I very much doubt, it could have been her electrics in the house and not the lights at all :rolleyes:

God knows what you do with faulty tree lights, but fair enough, let the op put them in the box, take them back, Asda can restock them, you can buy them next.

mikey72

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK wrote: »

Are their many that think compensation culture has got way out of control?

Be thankful you are ok and your baby was not shocked at all.

So, to rephrase you are saying,
if you get a shock from a brand new appliance, it's ok, and you should actually be grateful you are not badly hurt, and it's even better as your baby wasn't shocked at all?
What else, maybe send a christmas bonus to the Asda staff?

OlliesDad

mikey72 wrote: »

So, to rephrase you are saying,
if you get a shock from a brand new appliance, it's ok, and you should actually be grateful you are not badly hurt, and it's even better as your baby wasn't shocked at all?
What else, maybe send a christmas bonus to the Asda staff?

Or maybe what they were saying was that instead of trying to get money out of them, pursue them to make sure it is fully investigated, but don't set out for a financial reward.

We aren't saying that Asda are in the right, but don't try and make a quick buck out of it.

p.s. yes you should be grateful nobody was hurt.

Snakeeyes21

Hmm sounds like the lights I bought from ASDA last year, I throttled my child with them when I was angry and hes just received 5k compo from asda for them not doing a full psychiatric test before selling them to an obviously mentally unstable person

Searcher

hartcjhart wrote: »

If you switched them on and nothing happened means the power was not running through,Sooo,how did you get a shock when you switched them off,
unless of course your hands were dripping wet

Not so!!

If nothing happens when you switch them on it means that the power isn't getting where it needs to be to make the lights work.
It's quite feasible that there was a break in the cable which could mean exposed wiring.

That said though I'd like to know if the lights were a low voltage set with a transformer or the old style series wired light (the one out all out type that connect directly to a 3 pin plug)

TBeckett100

rwhitehouse wrote: »

Was hoping for some advice please?

Opened a pack of christmas lights today. switched them on. nothing happened. went to switch them off and received an electric shock. Was very painful and made me scream. I was showing the lights to my six month baby and thank god they didnt fall on her and shock her.

Have phoned the store and the manager is getting head office to phone me back tomorrow. What can i expect in terms of compensation? What should i do next?

I would be very grateful for any advice

thanks

Why is it when anything happens, the fact there is a baby gets brought into the equation to dramatise it.

Take the local newspaper, there will always be a primarked suited couple with their daughter chelsea complaining about their council flat with a touch of mould and the fact is "there is a baby" will try and get the council to move the family into a three bed new build.

If I was ASDA's defence, I would question why you were holding the item as your post alludes to the fact you were holding them over your 6 month old.

In terms of compensation, you are going to have to obtain official medical reports to verify the extent of any damage to you or at least take them to the store (grab another baby) and plug them in and have the press take a picture. As another poster said, a cup of tea and a £10 voucher may be in the offing.

Otherwise, repeat the mantra, where there is a blame, there is a claim.

Anthillmob

i am not a troll. if any of us are but some seem labelled.

question to the OP. describe your electric shock.

if you were drawn like a magnet to the power source [literally] and couldn't remove your hands or whatever was touching ghe source and then throw accross the room as whatever it was sparked and you were left with an entry and exit wound [though sometimes exit wounds dont exist] then pray tell.

if none of the above occured then you didnt get a electric shock, maybe just some static.

dont believe me then perhaps you should try the wet fingers in the socket trick to see what i mean. this isnt how i was shocked but i was by a washing machine + iffy landlord. and spent most of the next day hooked up to a heart monitor.

Hintza

Anthillmob wrote: »

.... maybe just some static.

I was thinking the same.

The next question is what type of fusebox and if the OP got the shock they described the box would have tripped.

pulliptears

4743hudsonj

My lights just did this, thank god my baby wasnt dripping in fuel with a razor sharp steel knife proding at the lights. It could have injured him!:o I'm going to sue the and show to the court what COULD have happened. It would of also been ASDA's fault if the shock made me jump back and a jumbo jet fall through my house and crush me when if it haddnt of shocked me, i would have missed the jet!:eek:

I shall stop "trolling" now:rotfl: