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From: bccarty@whuts.UUCP (Brian C. Carty)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Is "NO REFUND/NO EXCHANGE" Legal?
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 09:14:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 09:14:33 1985
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> I have a general question about make purchases that has been bothering me
> for some time.  Suppose I go into a store to buy some item.  What I want to
> know is if there is writing on my receipt and/or a sign in the store which
> says "NO REFUNDS/NO EXCHANGES", can the merchant really enforce this?
> Suppose I take the item home and it is a total piece of trash or it just
> doesn't work, can the merchant really keep me from getting my money back or
> gettting a replacement or even credit?  This seems to be a fairly common
> practice in many small stores.
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> I would tend to think that there is some implied warranty or law that says
> that I have the right to return something for any reason within a small
> period of time.  Is there really such as law in most states?  I would be
> interested to know what other people think about this.
> 
Funny, I was always brought up with the philosophy that you shouldn't
expect to be able to return something unless you had a written
refund/exchange policy in hand.  If they at least said "all sales final"
somewhere and you had your doubts, you shouldn't have bought the
merchandise in the first place.
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					Brian C. Carty
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
					Piscataway, NJ