Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site gypsy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!gypsy!rosen From: rosen@gypsy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Is "NO REFUND/NO EXCHANGE" Legal? Message-ID: <22400002@gypsy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:22:00 EDT Article-I.D.: gypsy.22400002 Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:22:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 13:30:37 EDT Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #N:gypsy:22400002:000:988 Nf-From: gypsy!rosen Jul 12 12:22:00 1985 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. Steve Rosen Siemens Research and Technology Laboratories Princeton, NJ USENET: {ihnp4|princeton|adrvax}!siemens!rosen ARPA: princeton!siemens!rosen@TOPAZ