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HTC One faulty - My rights?

Anonymous
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Hi guys,

 

Just looking for some advice here. Here's the situation.

 

On the 19th January I picked up an Xperia Z1 on an O2 Refresh tariff. It had to go back to the store a day later because the screen was extremely yellow and was basically faulty. (It worsened as the day went on)

 

On the 20th I returned to the store and decided to opt for a different handset entirely. This time a HTC One. 

 

All was well for around a week, until the camera gradually developed a nasty fault.

 

As you can see here. http://i.imgur.com/GSPSvqG.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/lvoOs3f.jpg

 

A lot of my pictures have a nasty purple tint in them. Black and white surface to highlight the issue.

 

I called the store and asked about swapping the handset over again this coming Saturday. (1st February) and by my calculation that is exactly 14 days.

 

They claim that because I have already had one exchange, the till may not allow them to process another and I would have to contact HTC. Well I did that, and they are offering a refurb, which I have refused. Not having a refurb for a 2 week old phone.

 

The policy states; "If there’s a fault with your purchase 

In the first 14 days: we’ll either give you a replacement or your money back. You’ll need proof of purchase, all the original parts, any accessories or free gifts and if available, packaging. "

 

I want to return the handset and cancel the whole thing, I am done with mobile phones for now. Will live without one and everyone who wants to contact me, can send me an email. 

 

How can the store clearly not understand their own policy? Am I in the wrong here??

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Anonymous
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Result!

 

Did you get the Z1 in the end or not?

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Anonymous
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Good to hear you ended up with the resolution you wanted.

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Anonymous
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Nice one glad you got the result you were fully entitled to from the start well done for standing your ground good man
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Anonymous
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@Anonymous wrote:

Was this in Nottingham by any chance? I'm fairly sure I overheard this conversation with my manager today, if so glad you got it sorted, sounded like a bit of a mess...


It was indeed mate.

 

It was the system refusing to budge. Store staff were getting stonewalled by retail support and took them a good 6 hours to get a reply from those above.

 

Thank them for us, after a long chat it seems the main issue was the new complications involved with the Refresh scheme and the differences with it being a credit agreement. 

 

Beaurocratic nonsense really, shocked as to why stores are not given the powers to enforce or change matters. 

 

I really didn't want to do a drop and bounce job on them, but that would have taken it out of the store and on to the higher echelons of management who need to sort these things out.

 

The new phone is spot on btw. Z1 Compact. The screen is great, the pictures are coming out great. No crashes, no glitches, no problems. 

 

Oh... and this needs looking at. 

 

http://service.o2.co.uk/IQ/srvs/cgi-bin/webcgi.exe?New,KB=Companion,question=ref(user):str(mobile),CASE=ref(RR1)

 

Notice how under the 14 day part, it does not differentiate between store and online policy, but below it does go on to talk about store and online as seperate entities. 

 

Glad it's sorted, i'm not a serial complainer. I just wanted a non-faulty phone. 

 

 

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Fair enough - Good job all round, eventually wink
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Anonymous
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Quite right too you were entitled to it and you should not have had such a struggle
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Anonymous
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Well done. Good result eventually.
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