Argos - now all items only 6 month guarantee

derrick

vax2002 wrote: »

Sorry typo Meant 2 years
Here is the legislation Directive 1999/44/EC
anything else I can help you with

Same response as post #9.

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Meepster

vax2002 wrote: »

Sorry typo Meant 2 years
Here is the legislation Directive 1999/44/EC
anything else I can help you with

Please please PLEASE tell me you aren't quoting the "secret EU law"??

Seriously. PLEEEEEAASSSEEEEE...

vax2002

Its not secret, Tony Blair used his only veto to opt out of directive 1999/44/EC as he was taking huge donations from the (unnamed) person who owned master care that just happens to now be a Lord.

George_Michael

Looking through that legislation, it's not really that different to the UK SOGA. (except the SOGA gives the consumer up to 6 years to attempt to clain).

1999/44/EC states that for a fault reported within 6 months of purchase must be assumed to have been there at the time of sale (the same as the SOGA states) and after 6 months, this onus is on the buyer to prove the goods were faulty. (again, the same as the SOGA)

Regulation 1999/44 has been implemented in the UK as part of the Sale and supply of goods to consumers regulations. The 2 year requirement was not stated as it was considered that the Sale and Supply act was giving more protection to consumers than the EU regulation alone.

Meepster

vax2002 wrote: »

Its not secret, Tony Blair used his only veto to opt out of directive 1999/44/EC as he was taking huge donations from the (unnamed) person who owned master care that just happens to now be a Lord.

*sigh*

I'm shutting up now...

George_Michael

Tony Blair used his only veto to opt out of directive 1999/44/EC

It was not vetoed. It was implemented in 2002.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3045/pdfs/uksi_20023045_en.pdf

These Regulations implement Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 25th May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated
guarantees, referred to below as “the Directive” (OJ No. L 171, 7.7.99, p. 12).

Techhead_2

No-one seems to have looked at the OP's signature. Signature Spamming plus obviously wrong statements plus untrue assertions, its a spammers.

Optimist

vax2002 wrote: »

Sorry typo Meant 2 years
Here is the legislation Directive 1999/44/EC
anything else I can help you with

Thank you for that amusing post, however others seem to have beaten me to the response by providing you with the correct information.

DCFC79

A bit like the thread about not buying stuff from the CI as the OP said it was mostly all fakes from the CI. Another classic thread.

neilmcl

mojito wrote: »

I would like to warn people that Argos now only insure their items for 6 months. So the statutory 12 months guarntee will have to be witheld by the manufacturers if its a fault that develops from 6 to 12 months. They will like all outlets try and sell you cover.

There is no such thing as a statutory 12 month guarantee :wall:. Any warranty offered tends to be from the manufacturer and there is no legal requirement to offer any kind of warranty at that.