New LCD television how reliable

[geoff]

Or his mother

[Clive George]

Including 3rd party? I know companies can do that with a large enough bond, but do any do that?

[Adrian]

Is the Fusion diesel too? I'm surprised how the petrol version far out numbers diesels.

[Bob Eager]

Yup, diesel. And there are very few petrol S-Maxes these days; the dealer tells me he hardly ever sells one. I get a real 45mpg out of the S-Max, with mixed usage; my wife used it for a 900 mile heavily laden holiday trip last year and got 47mpg over the trip...

[Tim Streater]

Long term average in a C4: 54mpg.

[Bob Eager]

I didn't know what a C4 was, but that looks comparable, given that the S- Max is quite a bit bigger and heavier (being a 7 seater).

[Mark]

I had assumed that, by selling only to business, they can legally avoid certain parts of consumer law.

[Mark]

I did walk out of a shop without purchasing an expensive camcorder I had intended to buy for exactly this reason. I had warned the salesdroid in advance that I would do this if he even mentioned the words "extended warranty".

[Mark]

Are any of these products actually any use? I generally find that deals like these have so many strings attached they are not as good as they look. Often you only get these rates for a short time and there may be a withdrawal penalty.

[Mark]

There is (i.e. should be) no need. The SOGA covers you for up to six years. If nearly all companies did not try to avoid their legal responsibilities then this would not be an issue at all.

[Mark]

Not on everything you don't. On some items you just get the minimum one year.

[Albert Ross]

My ex used Makro, also a cheaper warehouse which involved crossing London to get to it, so when you took into account the time and fuel involved it became uncompetitive.

Tescos just failed (again!) to get into our town. Some people drive to the Tescos in a nearby town, because they think it's cheaper. A friend tried an experiment, buying the same stuff in the Tescos and in our local Co-Op. The Co-Op worked out significantly cheaper even without the travelling. That's what Tescos do when they've closed down the opposition.

I'm old fashioned, I buy as much as I can in local shops owned by local people, while they're still there.

[Albert Ross]

A neighbour has one and gets around 50 mpg, not heavily laden though.

Not quite so big but my Renault Modus tells me it's doing 69 mpg.

The computer gets a bit optimistic over 60 mpg though, it's probably more like 66. Short journeys in cold weather pull it down a bit, it's averaged around 60 mpg.

A friend's diesel Corsa (Fiat engine) was doing about 65 mpg. His replacement Citroen C3 is doing over 70 mpg. I was just talking to a neighbour with a vintage Ford popular which he rallies, he's pushing it to hit 40 mpg.

Another neighbour doesn't listen to us oilers, she just bought a petrol Fiesta.

[Ivan]

So you're perfectly happy then with a system which obviously isn't working for 90% of consumers, the majority of whom don't even realise they have any comeback after 12 months and even the diehards who do and are prepared to stand up to the majority of disinterested and downright arrogant retailers, are very often forced to take their case to the point of litigation before they'll back down. Wouldn't it be far better for customers to be informed at the time of purchase that they have a straightforward, no nonsense, three or five year (fair wear and tear) warranty? That's why I always attempt to purchase stuff from firms that 'do' offer free extended warranties, I just can't be arsed with the very predictable hassle that I 'know' I'm going to get when I return something that's just out of its 12 month warranty and start quoting my statutory rights.

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[Albert Ross]

Yes, read ALL the small print!

When I invested mother's money from selling her house it was paying out 4+% interest and the fund was growing around 5% as well.

Due to the recession the fund collapsed and strangely it worked out that it had reduced by the amount of interest they paid out, so basically they were metering her capital back to her for several years.

Some of the other funds were paying out or retaining good rates until they were reduced to less than 1% without anyone bothering to notify us. At least the capital was still there.

I put some money into another fund at the bottom of the market, that's growing well so far and may replace *some* of the lost capital but retains the interest (compound) rather than paying an income and it's hard to extract any capital without penalties.

Read the rest of the small print too . . .

[chunkyoldcortina]

Which is fine until the local fire authority lose a member of staff while trying to fight a fire at your premises where you neglected to fit sprinklers. Then a whole can of legal worms can open up.

[chunkyoldcortina]

Yes, many.

[Man at B&Q]

The guy in the till at PC World often asks if I'm buying for business. The sale of goods act doesn't apply in the same way for business purchases.

MBQ

[Man at B&Q]

Care to post a link to some evidence of the veracity of your claim?

MBQ

[Tim Streater]

And, when these folk drive to the next town, do they factor in the TCO amount they're spending to do that? It's not just the cost of fuel.