From another thread:
You're thinking about the ECA. The CPA however does make provision for a national 'opt-out' register - which the DMASA has been running(with mixed success) for a number of years. I personally hope and believe that this one will be given the rubber stamp and become the 'legal' one.Stuart wrote:Not if you don't open it. Isn't there something in the Consumer Protection Act about unsolicited advertising?doo_much wrote:I just wish they'd stop sending me those bloody MMS's. I'm starting to hate red.
Does a MMS cost the recipient anything (data wise I mean) ?
Other than that?
The CPA is not complete as it is. A number of regulations that are critical to its success are still outstanding.
Parts of it will be written in court in the sense that the provisions are vague. Can you really imagine Vodascum giving you a phone with a new contract and then allowing you to cancel the contract after 6 months? Interpretations will differ and it'll be up to the courts to clarify some of it.
So what does it mean for me as a provider of services and equipment? Very little at the moment.
We went through the motion of (at great expense - I hate lawyers) amending our contracts to ensure that they are in plain language, fixed some standard documents to include our physical address and the names of our members blah blah blah.
Our standard warranty is a year anyway - so the 6 month thing isn't a problem.
The Act stipulates a compulsory 6 month warranty period. It doesn't state that it has to be a 'money-back' warranty. So I can't see Hi-Fi Corp changing their idiotic business practice any time soon?IcePick88 wrote:+1DeathStrike wrote:Well regardless i still think this is a great thing...
How many times haven't you or someone you know walked into HiFi Corp to buy a dvd player, microwave, etc.
Only to find that it breaks 2 weeks later and you try to take it back and they give you s*** and tell you no they can only send it away for repairs.
I for one will be using HiFi corp more so that i can get them back for all the times.
I still have a set of rechargeable batteries and charger that stopped working 3 weeks after date of purchase.
they charge whole night and last 5 mins the next day.
SO please nobody tell me that the poor retailers will loose business.
they will get more and if their stuff is of quality will keep my money. but if they give me k** then i will come back to claim.
But this act only applies to anything bought after 1 April 2011.
As for rechargable batteries? Prove to me you followed the correct charge/discharge cycle!