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Stan Brown wrote:

> v <v.viverrid@verizon.net> wrote in misc.consumers:
> 
>>Hey, I have a COMPUSA story also.  I bought a printer, asked the
>>salesperson if I needed a cable, he said I did and handed me a cable
>>to buy.  Turned out he gave me the wrong cable.  (I hooked up the
>>printer with another cable from a different store.)
>>
> 
> Under the Uniform Commercial Code (which is law in most states), 
> this creates an implied "warranty of fitness for a particular 
> purpose". The idea is that _if_ you ask the salesperson for help in 
> making a purchasing decision, _and_ you rely on the help you get, 
> _and_ the salesperson knows you're relying on his/her help, _then_ 
> if the thing isn't right for the purpose described they have to take 
> it back.
> 
> If you can't reasonably find out that it's wrong for the stated 
> purpose until after you've opened it, that's their problem and not 
> yours. The Uniform Commercial Code also gives consumers a right of 
> inspection before accepting purchased goods.


Housing consumers never find out what's wrong with common ownership 
developments until they've bought their 'own' home in one, and if 
they've bought one for the purpose of getting the protective 
insulation homebuyers expect to get with owning 'their own' 
home, they're in for a shock. Some of these places are advertised as 
carefree living. That's tantamount to consumer fraud, IMO.

There's more useful consumer information on a candy bar, than what COD 
homebuyers get. The real estate industry opposes timely, adequate 
disclosure on the grounds that "it would hurt sales," and 'your 
representatives' do what that industry tells them to.


> See /Bad Software/ by Cem Kaner. While his focus is software, the 
> principles he explains are rooted in the UCC and are not specific to 
> software.
> 
> But since fortunately you actually did get your refund, you don't 
> have a grievance as far as the law is concerned. Aggravation and 
> inconvenience are generally not items the law compensates you for.