Asked by the Customer on 27-02-2020 08:36:38
Question posted in the Consumer Protection Law category relating to Gauteng
Hi there I baught a pc last year from Osmans electronics for 8500 rand within a week it started giving me issues after they came to sort out the first Issue my mother board crashed and would not work they then tried to blame me for a falty cable after telling me my mother board was under warrenty then turning around and saying not any more due to my cable i replaced the mother board for another 1800 the problem continued he then told me it was my box and I need to replace that another 900 rand our of my pocket it’s still doing the same he now wants me to pay another 500 just to sort the issue out when I’ve already lost around 25-30k worth of work due to my pc not working what’s can I do here legally
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