Happy martin, he was getting bored...
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> On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:42:00 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:04:09 +0100, mike o'sullivan
>>wrote:
>>
>>>James Silverton wrote:
>>>> Hello, All!
>>>>
>>>> I have gotten accustomed tho' not resigned to London restaurant prices:
>>>> same numbers but pounds not dollars. This seems to extend to other
>>>> things. There was an ad today on the web page of "The Guardian" for a
>>>> film scanner at GBP 99.95, which is probably supposed to be a bargain.
>>>> There was an ad for the same thing in "The Washington Post" a month ago
>>>> for USD 99.95!
>>>>
>>>It should be remembered that consumer protection is generally much
>>>stronger in Britain and the EU. It all has to be paid for.
>>
>>I don't know about Britain, but consumer protection seemed stronger to
>>me in the US than it is in Italy. There don't seem to be any "lemon
>>laws" here, for one thing. There is no problem here with advertising a
>>sale on merchandise you don't have in stock. There doesn't seem to be
>>a grace period when you can back out of a sales contract.
>
> The laws are there it's a matter of learning/knowing your consumer rights.
> There was somebody on another group this week who got a full refund on a
> LCD TV
> because he wasn't happy with the sharpness of the image.
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>
> Martin
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