In February I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Ebook 360 convertible laptop computer from Currys and paid £1,279.
After a few months, whereas sitting on a desk in a single day, it developed two hairline cracks throughout the display screen. This system has by no means been dropped or broken by me.
Bemused as to how this might occur, I started looking out on-line, solely to find that tons of of others have apparently reported the identical expertise.
There are boards on the Samsung web site with publish after publish about folks’s screens cracking completely on their very own.
There are individuals who have purchased two units and it has occurred to each, in addition to those that have had their laptop computer repaired or changed just for it to occur once more.
I took the matter up with Currys and Samsung and each have refused to assist me. Currys’ complaints crew retains telling me this should be unintentional harm and due to this fact I need to pay.
A member of Samsung’s assist employees informed me that “you possibly can’t consider all the pieces you learn on the web” when referencing all the posts on the corporate’s personal discussion board.
I consider these laptops have a severe design fault, and I desire a refund.
JB, by electronic mail
Having checked out this, it’s arduous to not conclude that there’s a drawback with the Galaxy 360. There are an terrible lot of individuals complaining about the very same challenge.
On that foundation, I requested Currys to take a re-examination into your case and it has now carried out an about-turn.
It tells me: “We have been sorry to listen to of the irritating state of affairs JB confronted together with his pill, and are happy to share that the case has been resolved, with our buyer receiving a full refund in addition to a goodwill gesture totalling £100.
“We’re additionally feeding again internally to our groups to make sure they’re properly briefed, and this example doesn’t recur.”
I additionally requested Samsung about your letter – and it didn’t actually reply to the allegation that its laptop computer is just not all it’s cracked as much as be.
It says: “At Samsung we stand by the standard of units and take buyer issues very critically. We’ve got investigated JB’s declare and are sorry to listen to about his unfavourable expertise, however are happy that this has been dropped at a passable conclusion.”
Will that give others the boldness to purchase this product? I’m not certain it’s going to.
Others take notice.
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