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  • if it was concluded in your home you also have a statutory cooling off period in which you can cancel with the company (7 days I think - someone will be able to confirm)
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    garth549 wrote: »
    if it was concluded in your home you also have a statutory cooling off period in which you can cancel with the company (7 days I think - someone will be able to confirm)

    If bought from someone visiting the home, the Doorstep Selling Regulations specify a cooling-off period of 7 calendar days.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • At a guess, either the OP got 'caught' whilst on holiday abroad, or attended a presentation somewhere in the UK, and signed up.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    A 7 day cooling-off period also applies to sales completed away from the seller's normal place of trade, (e.g. a trade fair or marketing presentation). There's even more protection for timeshares. If signed up to in the UK the cooling-off period is 14 days. In most EU member states it's 10 days.
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
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