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Consumer rights successes
This is a space to let us know about your consumer rights successes. Did you manage to get a situation satisfactorily resolved? Tell us how you did it.
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New to the Consumer Rights board? Start here
💬 Handy Forum threads from this board: * How best to post a query on consumer rights * Useful links, resources and FAQs * Quick questions on consumer rights * Do shops have to sell at the advertised price? 🗣Relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Consumer rights * Section 75 refunds * Visa, Mastercard & Amex…
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Car warranty
HI I bought a car 2 years ago on finance. Turbo Is broken down and normal garage asking to repair around 3-4k and honda is asking for 5k just wander if garage I brought the car from have any responsibility to help and fix the car.. Any advise is very much apriocated
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Mislead about a sofa
Essentially, discussed with a furniture shop via email what options they had for a sofa capable of handling one or two heavy (220Kg) people. Was told the best they had was not suitable for both, but would support 240Kg. My understanding was this would be suitable for one, and on that basis purchased the £4500 sofa. 9…
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Currys have offered a partial refund
Hi i am after some advice, i have a laptop which is 2 months out of warrenty, the mother board has failed, and they have said "After considering various factors, we have found that your product is beyond economical repair and so, pursuant to the Consumer Rights Act 2015, we are happy to offer you a partial refund of…
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Argos Customer Services direct email address needed
I'm trying to get in touch with Argos Customer Services about an issue with some eGift Cards, but am finding it very difficult to get in touch with them. The online robo-chat says it can't help, and it is the same with the robo-phone too, as it doesn't give you the option to speak to a actual person. I found a Facebook…
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Opened credit card dispute long before 120 days, kept getting requests for more info, now denied.
Not the first time this has happened to me. Basically bought items around Christmas for presents, was a delay and so by time they arrived I had bought other items, and another order arrived damaged. Sent them back together, but not until mid Jan as was busy due to stress of Christmas and New Year, items seemed to go…
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Brother Marcus Restauarnt Scam?
Hello! Today I went for brunch with some friends at popular London chain restaurant Brother Marcus. When we received the bill, added to our total was a charitable donation, a 13.5% service charge, and a 15% “tax” (it didn’t specify what kind of tax). Our understanding is that (1) a menu usually includes VAT in the prices,…
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DPF Clean fail, car stopped working!
Hi All. First time poster, so please bear with me. I recently had a mobile DPF cleaning service come out to my house to clean my DPF filter. The technician confirmed there were no prior fault codes on the vehicle other than the expected DPF filter fault codes you would normally see. During the clean, the car had a massive…
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Holiday let changed dates and price
Hi, I booked a holiday cottage in Devon for 4 nights in July/August at a cost of £1000. It’s a cottage with a pool which was important to us when choosing a property. I emailed the holiday let company before booking checking the dates and a couple of other things, and received a prompt reply stating the dates were fine…
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Cancelling The Times Subscription - Hope this helps!
Seen many people on here and on other sites mentioning what a nightmare it is to cancel The Times subscription after taking out a trial. I actually managed to cancel easily (once logged in) by going here: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/account/cancel Then scroll to the bottom and click “I’d like to cancel my subscription” You…
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Rights on a faulty Blu-ray player less than 1 year old
Panasonic Blu-ray player. Bought from OnBuy last August. £150 by credit card online. Intermittent issue playing disks. Reported to them in writing in April. OnBuy firstly told me to go to Panasonic as over 6 months old. Now they are only offering a £30 refund and i keep the player, or I have to get an "independent written…
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Help with small claim defence and deadline
hi folks . Before I go further on this case can I just ask when I need to submit my defence please ? issued on 20 th March
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Vinted frustration
I purchased an item on Vinted that was misrepresented by the seller. The seller acknowledged that it was not the brand in the listing and agreed to a return but at my own cost. I emailed politely to point out this is quite unfair as my only mistake was trusting what they’d said and would they cover the postage. They…
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Volvo XC60 oil pump failed
I have a 4yr old Volvo XC60 and had a red warning light of low oil pressure and to stop safely. Did as such and AA came to check. Oil full so off to Volvo dealership. Have been told there are slivers of metal in the oil and the engine needs replacing at a cost of £15k! Out of warrenty. Engines not covered on car insurance.…
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Used car dealer - consumer rights - being very difficult
I bought a car on 12/02/26 for £5295 using a credit card (I have already logged a sec 75). After 5 days (15/02/26) I sent an email to the dealer with the following issues; - Ignition error - key (both) very difficult to turn ignition off completely and ignition is faulty and letting the key out before car completely shut…
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My experience with Sensory Education
This discussion was created from comments split from: Sensory Education Ltd. (Formerly Cheap Disability Aids Ltd).
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Can argos instant voucher be refunded.
Where I work I get access to a website that gives you discounts to different retailers so I bought an argos instant voucher and used it to buy a small outdoor storage shed. When the shed arrived I noticed it was damaged so I contacted argos and they had it collected and refunded the money back to the instant voucher so now…
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AEG oven cutting out
hi , we are out of warranty and the oven keeps cutting out. Now when it cuts out it’s tripping the electrics. checking us £179 for the repair and the repairs are only guaranteed for 3 months! Have googled and there’s lots of threads for possibly a thermostat issue or fan issue on AEG ovens. Anyone know of anyway we can get…
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Paypal credit fraud letter
A family member has been receiving letters from PayPal Credit over the last 3 months saying payments have been missed and that a £12 late fee has been added to the account. The problem is they do not have a PayPal Credit account. At first, we assumed it was some kind of scam trying to get them to call the number on the…
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Sofology Property Damage
Sofology damaged my property on delivery and refuse to take any responsibility or compensate because it's my word against theirs. There is damage on my door frame where there wasn't any before - I spotted it straight after they left. I am going to the ombudsman now. I bought on an Amex credit card. Any chance I can also…
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Shark Beauty issues
So I ordered an item from Shark's Tiktok shop, apparantly items come from the same warehouse as the website as they are the same company as Shark Beauty. Item became faulty after the 30 day period, they ignored my requests for a refund siting 30 days max, even though I argued it was faulty (Battery would not last the whole…
