Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site whuts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuts!bccarty From: bccarty@whuts.UUCP (Brian C. Carty) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Is "NO REFUND/NO EXCHANGE" Legal? Message-ID: <168@whuts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 09:14:33 EDT Article-I.D.: whuts.168 Posted: Mon Jul 15 09:14:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 05:48:29 EDT References: <42400004@gypsy.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 26 > > > > 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. > > 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. -- Brian C. Carty AT&T Bell Laboratories Piscataway, NJ