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UK Retailer Mistakenly Sends PS Vitas, Threatens Legal Action To Get Them Back

Posted by Soulskill on from the ethics-vs-free-stuff dept.

New submitter Retron writes "The BBC brings news that British retailer Zavvi mistakenly sent out PlayStation Vitas to people who had preordered a game called Tearaway. The company is now threatening legal action against those who have kept theirs despite a request to return them. It's unclear whether the Distance Selling Act protects consumers who have mistakenly been sent an expensive item, and forums such as Eurogamer seem divided on the issue."

3 of 617 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Letter o' the Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Huh, and here I am, an American, thinking that it was only Americans who think they're experts on stuff they know next to nothing about, or at least present next to no supporting case for.

    Just kidding, I never thought this was restricted to any subset of the human population.

  2. Re:Gray area? Not in the US by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anything you didn't ask for is unsolicited by definition.
    dumb ass.

    This is literally why I come to Slashdot. Nothing warms my heart like an unsolicited insult. I'm all smiling inside.

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  3. Re:Send them back and get over it. by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Funny

    It warms my heart to know that you spend your precious free time posting on Slashdot.

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