Dhakaan Goblins
30-07-2006, 20:54
I was doing a bit of research on Best Buy's return policies (apparently they dont have a good track record here), and I uncovered this:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/article2.htm#s2-601
Apparently, while not law, this is usually upheld by US courts.
From what I can make out (its in legalese :P), it says that if a product you buy is in any way defective, you can return it for a full refund within a 'reasonable amount of time', this means that, as far as I can determine, the policy that many stores take to 'opened software' is basically null, since you cant really inspect software in the store, as per the other articles in the UCC.
Which means that certain stores could get into legal trouble if they keep up with this sort of thing. I only know of ONE store that allows for the return of pre-opened software, and thats Bookmans, a local store in Arizona that sells pre-owned stuff (IE: games).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/article2.htm#s2-601
Apparently, while not law, this is usually upheld by US courts.
From what I can make out (its in legalese :P), it says that if a product you buy is in any way defective, you can return it for a full refund within a 'reasonable amount of time', this means that, as far as I can determine, the policy that many stores take to 'opened software' is basically null, since you cant really inspect software in the store, as per the other articles in the UCC.
Which means that certain stores could get into legal trouble if they keep up with this sort of thing. I only know of ONE store that allows for the return of pre-opened software, and thats Bookmans, a local store in Arizona that sells pre-owned stuff (IE: games).