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Article #2129Re: OT:(ish)COMET "CREDIT" - BEWARE!!!!
From: A Phased Plasma Rifle In A 40 Wa...
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:46
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:46
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>then that, in my opinion, is fraudulent. Well, no. Obviously there's been an error but I'd hardly call it 'fraud' which could mean someone being jailed. If the guy had bothered to read the contract when he got home he'd have seen *exactly* what it said and then he wouldn't be in the mess he was. Consumers do have rights but you've also got to be reasonable -ie buyer beware (and read the bloody contract -if not in the shop then on the bus or on the bog in the house FFS). -- Stop the pornographers: www.carol-vorderman.org.uk Uzis Online: www.uzi.org.uk "Robert Mitchum" <robert.mitchum@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:HA9d7.18387$tq.2008817@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com... > 3 things : > > 1) NEVER SIGN SOMETHING WITHOUT READING WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING > > 2) NEVER SIGN SOMETHING WITHOUT READING WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING > > 3) You'd still have a pretty good case with trading standards. If a shop > says there's interest-free credit and the credit you signed up for (without > reading the contract) isn't interest free Contact trading standards immediately. It's been my experience > that the law is generally tilted towards the consumer than the retailer, so > in a "your word against theirs" situation, you may still have a good case. > > Bob > >
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