Re: FN-FORUM: Sale Of Goods Act

date posted 31st January 2005 23:02

In freelance.forum, Norman Beresford [EMAIL REMOVED] (Norman
Beresford) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]

>
>Hi all
>
>Just wondered if anyone had experience of this. A friend bought a PC
>from a small company, and there's a problem with the mobo. The company
>says they don't have any spares in stock so are returning the mobo and
>have said there'll be a delay in getting it repaired until they get a
>replacement in.
>
>My friend wants them to refund the purchase cost rather then repair the
>machine, and is demanding that they come and collect it. Can she do
>this, and what sort of time scales can she get away with giving them?
>Ie a week to collect the remaining bits/pay the refund?

It depends on how long she's had it- if it was faulty on delivery, it can
be rejected as "not of merchantable quality". If she's had it 364 days,
she's on less firm ground.
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