Well, consumers, if posting the truth is "stamping feet", prepare for a whole lot more of it.
And if pointing out the lies of the self-appointed CT rep is just "stamping", well, there's going to be a bit more of that, too.
For those of you keeping track, the sites the CT rep wants you to ignore, are all the ones where reputable sources state that a consumer is entitled to a refund (or an exchange, if they are OK with that) for a defective product.
These are:
1 – Ellen Roseman, “If the product's a dud, insist on your money back"
If the product's a dud, insist on your money back - moneyville.ca Blogs
2 – Ellen Roseman, “Working to fix products that don’t work"
Roseman: Working to fix products that don
3 – Miller Tomson, “ARE YOU READY FOR THE ONTARIO CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2002?”
http://www.millerthomson.com/assets/...05 Final.pdf
4 – O’Connor MacLeod Hanna, “Ontario’s New Consumer Protection Law”
Milton, Burlington, Oakville Lawyers | O'Connor MacLeod Hanna LLP | Ontario
5 - “is that legal”, Cpt 5: General Consumer’s Rights:
LEGAL GUIDE: CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW (ONTARIO) - Ch.5: General Consumer Rights
6 - “is that legal”, Cpt 7: General Civil Remedies:
LEGAL GUIDE: CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW (ONTARIO) - Ch.7: General Civil Remedies (I)
7 – Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Legislative Assembly of Ontario | Bills & Lawmaking | Past & Present | 37:3 Bill 180, Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002
8 – Peterborough and District Labour Council
PDLC News » The New Face of Consumer Protection Law in Ontario: Consolidate, Update and Escalate
9 - MCS re: Cancelling:
Cancelling a Contract - Ministry of Consumer Services
10 - Blakes (General coverage)
http://www.blakes.com/pdf/CPA_Oct20_2005.pdf
11 - Macmillan – General
http://www.mcmillan.ca/Upload/Publi...onference - Consumer Protection Act, 2002.pdf
12 - Stutz & Associates
W.W. Stutz & Associates ~ Barristors, Solicitors and Notary Public
13 - MCA – basic info, plain language:
http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/Documents/275071.pdf
14 – UWO
The University of Western Ontario
#15 - Professor Iain Ramsay:
Professor Iain Ramsay on Retailers' Legal Responsibility to Purchasers
#16 – Industry Canada
Refund and Exchange - Entire Collection | Canadian Consumer Handbook
Read those for yourself, and draw your own conclusions. They will likely not be what CT wants you to think.
The self-appointed CT rep. also doesn't want you to check the CPA itself, which is here:
Consumer Protection Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 30, Sched. A
Give that a read, too, and then see what you think. Likely not what CT wants you to believe.
Finally, call your Ministry to hear what they have to say. Every consumer who's reported on such a call has had a MUCH different story, than what the CT Liar reports.
Now, on to the latest CT lies:
No consumers have written, "it's the truth because I say it is". That's just one more the self-appointed CT rep has made up, probably in hopes that you won't bother looking into things for yourself.
Actually, that's how the CT rep's post sound, now that I think about it.
Also, if you had any inclination to donate to "Jump Start", keep in mind that their site has a "donate" button, and the CT rep says that makes it a "Faker Advocate Site", so you might want to think twice. But, heck, if you are going to donate to either this one, or Jump Start, how about donating here???
Regading "corroboration", if you (the consumer) feel that this is needed to justify calling CT's policies "illegal", then that's the conclusion you have reached. No problem. Just don't be tricked into thinking you can't decide what to believe for yourself.
But I'm guessing you will apply CT's own definition of "against the law is illegal", and maybe decide that the "repair only", "exchange only" and "no warranty" policies are, well ... you can decide for yourselves.
Happy reading!