o2 Iphone returns help/advise

foggy_lad

Walkman wrote: »

@foggy...what would you gain out of picketing the 3 store only an article in your local paper. What would you say to them? How you hate 3 because you cant look at porn on your phone? I just looked at some adult sites (just to prove a point) with no problem what so ever. By the way dont forget about the meteor store in carlow......your also barred from there, would I be correct in saying you are know around carlow by retailers as a bit of a nightmare to deal with? Let me answer that for you YOU ARE

can you please let me know how you know i am barred from the meteor store in Carlow? i was only in the very same store less than ten days ago and the staff member i spoke to was very helpful and even offered to order something for me which was not in stock but i declined preferring to get it online.

foggy_lad

Sam Vimes wrote: »

they actually do block some porn sites or they did at least. i can't remember which ones though and i don't know if they're still blocked.

and sure, just to prove a point

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055160251 btw

they used to block many sites with any adult content or links to adult content and many other sites with no adult content at all yet i could still access very suspect russian porn sites! and just for the record i was not looking to access porn sites but a few other chat sites and others with downloadable content but three decided to censor content for everyone regardless of being age verified!

Sam Vimes

foggy_lad wrote: »

can you please let me know how you know i am barred from the meteor store in Carlow? i was only in the very same store less than ten days ago and the staff member i spoke to was very helpful and even offered to order something for me which was not in stock but i declined preferring to get it online.

you said "let me know how you know i am barred". if you weren't barred you'd think you would have said "let me know why you think i am barred".

were you barred from the store at any stage?

foggy_lad

Sam Vimes wrote: »

you said "let me know how you know i am barred". if you weren't barred you'd think you would have said "let me know why you think i am barred".

were you barred from the store at any stage?

dam my cheap education and poor grammer! and NO i am not now and never have been barred from the Meteor store on tullow street in Carlow

tony1kenobi

foggy_lad wrote: »

anyone thet insists you must take your faulty iphone or any other item back to the manufacturer for repair is not right! legally it is the shop or company you bought the item from that must provide a remedy and regardless of how much backing up i do with links etc this basic point is not going to change!

You are absolutely right. So when the store do send it off don't piss and moan about the time it takes to repair it like the OP did.

Even a refurbished 3g iphone can't be more than 3 or 4 months old. They haven't been available that long.

foggy_lad

tony1kenobi wrote: »

You are absolutely right. So when the store do send it off don't piss and moan about the time it takes to repair it like the OP did.

Even a refurbished 3g iphone can't be more than 3 or 4 months old. They haven't been available that long.

you would pay full "new" price for a car with 20,000miles on the clock? or send a brand new tv back if faulty and accept one several weeks or months old?

craichoe

foggy_lad wrote: »

you would pay full "new" price for a car with 20,000miles on the clock? or send a brand new tv back if faulty and accept one several weeks or months old?

I hate to tell you this but alot of stuff you buy has already been repaired at some point in it manufacturing process, in a department called Rework.

A car is different, it requires servicing, hence would cost you most as that 20,000 mile service interval has been used up.

Refurbished simply means it doesn't come in an original retail box, some of the 'new items' from apple are older than the refurbs.

foggy_lad

craichoe wrote: »

I hate to tell you this but alot of stuff you buy has already been repaired at some point in it manufacturing process, in a department called Rework.

A car is different, it requires servicing, hence would cost you most as that 20,000 mile service interval has been used up.

Refurbished simply means it doesn't come in an original retail box, some of the 'new items' from apple are older than the refurbs.

but has it been sold to someone before and returned for being faulty etc and repaired and resold as a completly new unit? some stores/companies sell "refurbs" as totally new units!

craichoe

foggy_lad wrote: »

but has it been sold to someone before and returned for being faulty etc and repaired and resold as a completly new unit? some stores/companies sell "refurbs" as totally new units!

Depends on the product, in some cases yes, in others no.
Stores would/should never sell returns as they would have an RMA procedure, they wouldn't be able to refurbish products.

Manufacturers in some cases would sell returns as new after remanufacture and testing.

Depends on how you percieve second hand i guess, the new Renault Megane is made from 85% recycled materials, so i guess you could argue 85% of the car is second hand

foggy_lad

craichoe wrote: »

Depends on the product, in some cases yes, in others no.
Stores would/should never sell returns as they would have an RMA procedure, they wouldn't be able to refurbish products.

Manufacturers in some cases would sell returns as new after remanufacture and testing.

Depends on how you percieve second hand i guess, the new Renault Megane is made from 85% recycled materials, so i guess you could argue 85% of the car is second hand

if you bought a new car and found it had been clocked and refurbished as new you would be very quick to demand redress! to say that new cars are xx% recycled is a poor argument as these parts are all brand new only produced using reclaimed materials! refurbished phones are not brand new or remanufactured but just wiped cleaned and repackaged.

if the phones were melted down and new phones made from the reclaimed materials there would be no problem but i would not want any "new" phone that was owned previously.

craichoe

foggy_lad wrote: »

if you bought a new car and found it had been clocked and refurbished as new you would be very quick to demand redress! to say that new cars are xx% recycled is a poor argument as these parts are all brand new only produced using reclaimed materials! refurbished phones are not brand new or remanufactured but just wiped cleaned and repackaged.

if the phones were melted down and new phones made from the reclaimed materials there would be no problem but i would not want any "new" phone that was owned previously.

Jeeesus .. the 85% thing was a joke ! Hence the big smiley after it !

But all i'm saying is that you do get items that have been reworked / remanfactured that are sold as new.