Page 1 of Best Excuse for Alba-Asda Return

After watching Chicken Run I was impressed.
After watching American Beauty I was impressed.

After watching Buffy S1 I was p***ed off. The picture throughout is crap. And after reading back further threads to find out that most Columbia discs probably won`t work, I`m taking my Alba DVD 103 model back to Asda.

Now what`s the best excuse for me to use to get my money back?

Dan.

I set this to Channel 1 and it didn`t record...

Lol. :-)

I`ve checked the 3 year electricals guaruntee slip they gave me and it clearly says:

"If anything goes wrong with your product within the next 3 years, we will happily repair it, exchange it or give you a refund."

Potentially they could pull the fast one of saying that this "or" indicates that it is an option for them, and not something I can simply choose myself. Seeing as nowhere on this guaruntee slip does it refer to any other terms and conditions, I`m not leaving the store until I get my £148.71 back. :-)

And before I shell out an extra £30 on the Wharfdale 750S, can someone please tell me if I am going to have any major problems?

Dan.

Now what`s the best excuse for me to use to get my money back?

Easy tell them you are going to buy a scan has the Alba doesn`t give you enough problems.

This item was edited on Friday, 15th December 2000, 23:00

Wharfedale you are the weakest link goodbye!

Bypass warfie and go for Lg 3350e or Aiwa 370 from comet much better.

alba is s***. dont get the wharfdale either as gladiator doesnt work on it. i recommend the philips 711 fully modified, three discs for 230 quid

How long have you had the player?

If it is less than 28 days then you are legally entitled to a refund as far as I am aware.

I got a refund at ToysRus with my Alba 6 weeks after purchasing it.

Call them up first and say that Alba have admitted to you that the machine has a fault. I actually did this and was told that the region select menu (setup with no disc in preferences selection) does NOT WORK, so technically you are telling the truth. Get someones name before you go into the store.

If they get arsey then shout a bit about it being crap, all retail store managers are programmed to lick your butt at this point and do anything to keep you quiet and other customers in store. (I told two people in ToysRus not to buy any electrical products as some appear to be faulty. The manager suddenly became my best friend!)

Let me know what happens

i took mine to asda ,well i got in hull vistit my mum got it in toys r us cant be arsed to get on trainto take it back . so theres a asda round the corner , i took it in and said [it was packed out in there] out loud i want a refund it s*** and everyone stopped and looked at me the boss came out hes p***ing loved me swaped it for a samsung 511 i did not even pay the extra £5 great or what. well he quickely push me out the doors i dont care i have sold my r1 films and are skicking to r2 i hate rce on discs so do the same and get a samsung dont brother about r1 film thats what gets everyone in this r1 mess.and before you say i dont have a toys rus around here so hulls nearer

a dvd player is for life not for xmas [think about it]
and have a merry xmas

Yeah, got a refund no questions asked.
Bought an Aiwa DV370 and it does indeed rock.

But my Toy Story Disc 3 won`t work - taking it back tomorrow to exchange for a newbie, and hope it is the fault of the disc...

Dan