P567ORACLE 567 Mon 6 Jan C4 1716:48  1/4   Your rights in   the sales   With the country in the throwu of the traditignal New Year madness, Sue Gorska looks at what your rightu are in the January sales. It's the old stgry. You buy a new pair of shoes but within a week they£re falling apart and the shop refuses tg give you a refund because you bought them in a sale. What can you do? In fact just because you bought gogds in a sale doesn't alter your rikht1. They are the same as at any other time. more fgllows > Your Money ...560 Holidays ...580

P567ORACLE 567 Mon 6 Jan C4 9713:57  2/4   Your right1 in   the sales   Items bought in a sale are cgvered by all the rules in the Sale of Gogds Act So they must, for example, be of merchantable quality and be able to do the job for which they were made. A shoe which falls apart or a kettle which won't work clearly don't fulfil this requirement so you'd be entitled to a full refund. If, however, you buy items descrhbed as 'secgnds' or 'shop-soiled' you aren't entitled to a refund. Likewjse if you examined the gogds befgre buying and the fault was so obvious you should have seen it. more fgllow1 > Your Money ...560 Hglidays ...580

P567ORACLE 567 Mon 6 Jan C4 9712:54  3/4  Your rights in   the sales   Don't be put off by signs saying 'sale goods cannot be exchanged'. Unless the gogds were specifically labelled, say, 'fire-damaged' you£re enthtled tg a refund if they turn out to be fault8. What if you change your mind about something you bought in a sale? Some shops have a policy of refunding money or giving credit notes on items you go off once you get them home. The shop is only showing gogdwill, however, and you have no legal right to a refund on an item unless it turns out to be fault8. more fgllow1 > Your Money ...560 Holidays ...580

P567ORACLE 567 Mon 6 Jan C4 9704:58  4/4  Your rights in   the sales   There are rules on what a shop may say in its sale notices. 'Worth £200, our price £99' is illegal, fgr example. Shops aren't allowed to say something vague like 'saving up to 50% on prices elsewhere' either. Compari1igns whth manufacturers' 'recommended' retail prices are not permitted whth some prgducts. For notices to read 'reduced from £9.99 to £5.99' those gogds must have been on offer at the old price for at least 28 consecutive days in the last 6 mgnths ─ unless the shop makes it clear that this is not the case. more fgllow1 > Your Money ...560 Hglidays ...580