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Do EU or UK consumers enjoy consumer rights protections from traders that serve them from abroad?

Bob lives in Manchester, or alternatively in Lyon. He purchases a product or service from a vendor in the USA, or perhaps Timbuktu. Do European or British consumer rights legislations bind the ...
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Is it legal to sell un-trippable circuit breakers?

About a week ago, the popular YouTuber bigclivedotcom uploaded this video, in which he showed a "circuit breaker", which on the outside seems marked appropriately, but is entirely non-...
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UK: Returning damaged items without option for free replacement?

I live outside of the UK, not a UK citizen or resident (I am also not a resident of the European Union), but I bought several items in the online store of a large UK department store chain. The ...
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EU Consumer Goods Guarantee, who is responsible the Retailer or Manufacturer?

The title of the question basically sums up my question but for completeness I will provide some more details. Roughly 15 months ago I entered into a contract with a large phone service provided who ...
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Is less than 3 years a legally sufficient lifespan for a TV in the UK/EU?

I purchased an LG TV from Argos on 26/05/2015. Problems began around six months ago, with a dot surrounded by a circle flickering in a specific place on the backlight (not the pixels themselves, only ...
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Is it a fault if an item cannot be repaired?

In the UK (and the rest of the EU), if you buy an item as a consumer, the seller is responsible for the item working for a reasonable amount of time. That time runs out eventually, and then you have ...
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Refusal to terminate tenancy with months notice

I am renting property in UK and today tried to give my months notice, however letting agency refused to accept it claiming that they can only accept it on 25th - day when agreement started, and that ...
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