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Refund conditional upon return of unsolicited goods?
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Personally I would have popped the book in the post and ask them to reimburse the cost.
Job done in a nice and pleasant manner. Without recourse to getting my knickers in a knot on a forum. But each to their own!0 -
As far as I can see, the seller is in breach of contract and is therefore liable for any costs the innocent party incurs as a result. So he is liable to pay me the interest on my payment that I would have accrued if it had not been sitting pointlessly in his bank account. He is liable to collect the wrong item as his own expense and if he chooses not to do so, he must still process my refund. This is my understanding of the law. I haven't seen anything that rebuts this so far.Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match.
Murray N. Rothbard0 -
Personally I would have popped the book in the post and ask them to reimburse the cost.
Job done in a nice and pleasant manner. Without recourse to getting my knickers in a knot on a forum. But each to their own!
Thanks for your opinion, actually I was hoping for some legal facts!
Glad you can walk to the post office, glad you aren't disabled and need to spend £15 in taxi fares to get there...Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match.
Murray N. Rothbard0 -
How much money are you talking about here?0
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Agent_Rothbard wrote: »With the benefit of hindsight I should just have filed a claim for the non-receipt of my order. The other book came with no paperwork, nothing to link it to the Amazon order at all. I buy a lot of books so it took me almost a day to go through my orders and track down which order the delivery was supposed to relate to anyway. Next time I won't be so conscientious. If there's no paperwork that ties the book back to the order I'll just file a claim for non-receipt of my goods, get my refund and then tell the seller to collect the unsolicited item.
That attitude really doesn't do you any favours. So you'll file a claim for a simple mistake and then penalise the company further as well re the return ? I bet you're a winner to talk to at parties...
Personally if they sent a pre-paid returns label, I'd pop to the PO and send it. Getting your knickers in a twist about couriers and returns seems way too much unnecessary stress.0 -
Agent_Rothbard wrote: »As far as I can see, the seller is in breach of contract and is therefore liable for any costs the innocent party incurs as a result. So he is liable to pay me the interest on my payment that I would have accrued if it had not been sitting pointlessly in his bank account. He is liable to collect the wrong item as his own expense and if he chooses not to do so, he must still process my refund. This is my understanding of the law. I haven't seen anything that rebuts this so far.
My word !
I'll personally pay you the interest on the money they have of yours. Send me me your paypal address and I will do my utmost to send you that infinitesimally small fraction of a penny....0 -
Agent_Rothbard wrote: »Thanks for your opinion, actually I was hoping for some legal facts!
Glad you can walk to the post office, glad you aren't disabled and need to spend £15 in taxi fares to get there...
Do you have family members or a carer that could do this for you at a cost far less than £15 ?0 -
Let's just say the amount of money the seller is sitting on is not small. I have no means of getting to the post office and am unwilling to incur any costs to return the item I did not order - which by the way - is worth about £30. You all may be quite happy to put your hands into your pockets for other people's mistakes - I am not and the law supports me on this. What I'd really like is not opinions, which don't interest me, but the law on getting my money back. This seller could decide to take several months to send a courier and several more months to "process" the return. Am or am I not entitled to my money back immediately as breach of contract? Just a simple yes or no with the relevant law would be great.Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match.
Murray N. Rothbard0 -
What I want is not to lose money for someone else's mistake. Not sure why that is so hard for you to deal with, but hey ho!Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match.
Murray N. Rothbard0
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