From: "Gaz" 
Newsgroups: uk.legal uk.finance
Subject: Re: Comet repairs - only three months guarantee
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:43:56 +0100
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The Todal wrote:
> "Tim"  wrote in message
> news:z8GdnQ6i_4Ngu4vanZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>> "Peter Parry" wrote
>>> The warranty has no effect upon any claim may have
>>> under the SOGA but such a claim would always be
>>> against the supplier, not the manufacturer.  In a claims
>>> the burden of proof is upon the buyer to show the fault
>>> was caused by a condition existing at the time of sale.
>>
>> What happened to the "six-month" rule?
>
> In my opinion a fridge freezer should give good service for rather
> longer than 2 years. I think the average district judge would agree,
> without expecting expert evidence from an engineer.
>
> If Comet want to go to court and argue that the average consumer
> expects to replace or repair his fridge freezer after just one year
> or 18 months of use, let them try their luck. Somehow I think they'd
> pay up before it got to court. It would be gratifying to put them to
> the trouble and expense of coming to court even if one lost the case.

But isnt that a long way from proving that their was a defect from the point 
of sale?

Gaz