D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] OT: Flat screen monitors (Staples)

 

Brad Rogers wrote:
> Not necessarily;  I recently bought an SDS drill with a US plug on it.
> It was a 240V only device, though.  I had to fit a supplied adaptor to
> enable use in a UK outlet.
>
> I'd check the manuals first.  Well, last really.  After I'd blown it
> all up, probably.   :-)
>   
LOL.. so it boils down to what I suggested in a previous email.  If it's 
a choice between conspiracy and cockup, choose cockup :)

What bonehead would sell a 240V only device with a 2 pin plug?[1]

Apart from anything you *could* argue it was not fit for purpose under 
the Supply of Goods and Services Act since it cannot be used without the 
correct plug.

Kind regards,

Julian

[1] Excluding razors :)

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html