[Ubuntu-SG] Fwd: Is it true ?

[suhaw koh]

Hi K Sitt,

You are hit the nail on the head when you wrote that it takes a lot of
trouble to claim back the money.

But what if similar such instances were pooled together ?  The effort would
be the same and one-time.  It is probably too much effort and time-consuming
to do it for just one licence, but individuals with same problem were to
assign their rights to a common pool or something...

That is also probably why EU laws made it easier for the non-Windows user to
get the refund which is afterall rightfully his.

Cheers.



suhaw




2009/5/7 K Sitt <k at sitt.com.sg>

> Suhaw,
>
> I remember the case in europe. The guy had gone through a lot to trouble to
> claim back his money for OS he didn't want but installed on his laptop.
>
> -wrote in a few times to M$ for refund
> -went through small claim tribunal and consumer association as well as
> court action before he got it back.
>
> If u r serious enough you can probably try that in Singapore too. ;) not
> that its impossible. I am not too sure about legal details tho. But they are
> relying on the "End User License Agreement" (which you rejected when you
> clicked no) and the consumer protection act (which Singapore also have).
>
> Rgds.
> K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy AM <billy at ubuntu.sg>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:50 PM
> To: suhaw koh <kohsuhaw at gmail.com>
> Cc: Team Ubuntu Singapore Mailing List <ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] Is it true ?
>
> Will never happen here.
>
> 2009/5/6 suhaw koh <kohsuhaw at gmail.com>
>
> > Just read in a comment in Blog of Helios that in Europe there is a law
> > requiring PC manufacturers to offer users the option to reject the
> > pre-installed OS on the 1st screen.  And if you click No, they have to
> give
> > a refund.
> >
> > Can we get our lawmakers interested in passing a similar law ?
> >
> > Just thinking aloud ... :-)
> >
> >
> >
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