tesco over-carbonated water causing damage.

bcl999

Happened to me years ago with a 3litre bottle of Coke. Soon as I broke the screw cap from the collar ring, the bottle exploded open. Had to paint the kitchen ceiling after it.

Charliezoo

I sympathise with you but I've got no idea how you can prove it was their fault. Tesco will more than likely say that you either shook it or it got warm.

I once had a bottle of champagne actually explode on me because it had sat in a warm area for a bit. The pressure built up and the bottle actually smashed which could have been so dangerous but it was just one of those things and I'm now really careful to chill anything carbonated.

terra_ferma

shikarishuffle wrote: »

hey there, this might sound a little odd but it's a pretty bad situation so i thought i'd come and ask and see if anybody thought i'd have a chance with any kind of compensation from tesco.

tesco currently have a pretty good offer of 4 of their 1 litre sparkling flavoured waters for £1.50, i've been buying them for the last couple of weeks and had no problem with them.

last saturday i opened a bottle of peach water and it literally opened like a bottle rocket, it was so overly carbonated that it the water span out of it and covered my room AND most importantly: my laptop.

luckily my laptop mostly survived, but my wireless card suddenly stopped working since the accident.

obviously i'm not going to ring up tesco and demand they fix my laptop, but i am pretty annoyed. the water was obviously put far too carbonated in the bottle and because of this, an accident has ensued.

i've spent the week trying to fix my wireless to no avail, and henceforth i am considering ringing tesco and complaining about the water? is it worth my time? i know it sounds a pretty bizarre situation, but i'm a student and i really don't have the money to fix the laptop.

there is no way i could have "fizzed up" the water to the extent it literally exploded in my hand, the lid literally popped off. it could've actually been a health risk if i hadn't of had my hand on it.

any advice?

OP don't take it personally, among the mick-taking, people implying it's your fault/you must be lying etc etc, there are a couple of suggestions that seem helpful.
It seems that some people doubt everything that is posted on this board and try to disprove whatever claim is made by the OP, even more so if they are new to MSE....

somethingcorporate

No-one has taken the mickey, you just need to put yourself in Tesco's shoes.

Big warning on the side of the bottle too, I mean what else do you think you need?