IANAL (yet!) but I'm in 3rd year law and I'm actually working on a project re: consumer goods. Take a look at your local Sale of Goods Act and/or Consumer Protection Act. Take a look at whether the Act implies condition of quality or fitness or merchantable quality into the contract. If it does, then what the store is selling you is literally nothing. There's this great little Manitoban case that I found for my project (Citation is: Loewen v. Best Sleep Centre Inc. [2003] M.J. No. 11) - basically the plaintiff bought a bed, wasn't satisfied with it from the beginning but slept on it anyways for TWO YEARS before taking it back. The judge found that since the bed wasn't of merchantable quality from the start, the plaintiffs were entitled to damages. So basically when those salesmen are pressuring you to take the extended warranty, ask them what it covers. If it covers stuff that's already included in statute then tell 'em no.
VCD has never taken off in North America given the ease and cheap cost in production. I know that VCD is huge in HK, China, Taiwan and probably other Asian countries.
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IANAL (yet!) but I'm in 3rd year law and I'm actually working on a project re: consumer goods. Take a look at your local Sale of Goods Act and/or Consumer Protection Act. Take a look at whether the Act implies condition of quality or fitness or merchantable quality into the contract. If it does, then what the store is selling you is literally nothing. There's this great little Manitoban case that I found for my project (Citation is: Loewen v. Best Sleep Centre Inc. [2003] M.J. No. 11) - basically the plaintiff bought a bed, wasn't satisfied with it from the beginning but slept on it anyways for TWO YEARS before taking it back. The judge found that since the bed wasn't of merchantable quality from the start, the plaintiffs were entitled to damages. So basically when those salesmen are pressuring you to take the extended warranty, ask them what it covers. If it covers stuff that's already included in statute then tell 'em no.
"99% of the information that is downloaded to universities from p2p is illegal in either copyright law or university rules"
Statistical data can mean anything...76% of all people know that.
VCD has never taken off in North America given the ease and cheap cost in production. I know that VCD is huge in HK, China, Taiwan and probably other Asian countries.