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A friend is taking a cable a phone charge cable back to the shop as it stopped working after 3 months.
Seriously why bother?
I'm answered a £ is a £... Wish I could film this.
Would you bother? Why would you bother?!
You bourgeois snob. That pound would feed and clothe me for a month!
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maybe they sold him a special oxygen free digital HD USB cable with a lifetime warranty? 😉
It'll probably cost more in fuel and parking than just buying a new (genuine) cable. (Unless it's an iphone cable)
Just complain via email, if they send you a new cable so be it. If they don't, who cares.
If I was passing - maybe. Depends how much you value your time. A bit like folk that have to visit every shop in town (twice) in order to save a few pence off their groceries.
Why not go straight to small claims court instead. Better yet contact the papers
Good luck with that then.
I once bought an xmas decoration on special offer for 10 p - it was on the counter. When i got it home it did not work and i worked out why it was 10p. I waited till xmas had passed then returned it. They knew what they were doing but were shitty with me nonetheless.
3 months for a very cheap cable seems like what I would expect but the law is on their side.
To be fair he's retired and shops in the shopping centre at Sainsbury's 2 mins walk from the shop.
I've offered him a quid but he's not embarrassed at all.
It's not me either just in case you think it is (bought mine from Lidl, broke after 6 months and bought another one job done).
If I were a pound shop owner I'd want to know if a product I'd been selling was duff. That information is worth a £1 refund IMO. Whether it's worth your time is up to you.
He could threaten a negative review and then sue for loss of dignity
I've found that pound shop hookers are a false economy.
Fair play to him, he's technically in the right, but it's a 99p cable.. Lol!
It might only be 99p but if it stops working for no reason after such a short time, it will work out more expensive than a genuine one pretty quickly !
I'd take it back and get some biscuits instead.
mattyfez - Member
Fair play to him, he's technically in the right, but it's a 99p cable.. Lol!
This lol ^^^
Will post what happened, but could be the weekend/Monday.
Gordon Bennett.
I once bought an xmas decoration on special offer for 10 p - it was on the counter. When i got it home it did not work
Did it fail to Christmassy or fail to be decorative?
Maybe it failed to be?
Update: He chickened out from embarrassment.
if it's a quid cable I wouldn't bother. I'd just slap myself for buying that cheap tack.
if it is a high quality cable like a belkin I would return it as they have proper warranty on them.
You get what you pay for.
Pound shops are OK especially if you need a temporary solution.
Why risk a £600 phone for a dodgy cable?
Would cost more to drive to the shops and park!