3937edwards:hi nick problems already gone back on there verbal agreement and told me that now im not getting the loan set they said i was getting on monday is there anything i can do ?
Oh dear....this looks VERY bad for your retailer! So they have already backed out of an agreement, that's nice of them eh!! The very first thing to do is name and shame them on this thread so that no one else gets stung by these incompetent monkeys.
As for what you can do there are several things but it depends how far you want to go really. First off were you paying for a loan set or was it just offered to you to help you out? If you are paying there is no excuse for changing the goalposts but if it was offered out of courtesy then i don't beleive you can really complain that much as even being offered a loan set in the first place was good customer service BUT as you are not happy i think in either case it would be worth popping in/calling the retailer and talking over your issue with the manager and stress that you were offered another loan set only for them to change the goalposts at the last minute....oh and tell them about this (very public) thread you have started here and see how that goes down!
From a legal standpoint i would have thought that unless you are paying for the privelage then there is very little you can do except argue your case with the retailer and hope they budge as i'm not sure if a verbal agreement is still seen as a contract in the eyes of the law?? And if you aren't paying then it's just a courtesy set and as i said before i can't really see any cause for complaint, remember the loan set i had i was paying for which gave me cause to complain.
What i will say is that if you speak to the retailer and you are still not happy then the best advice i can give you (and i've used this many times to great effect) is to stand your ground with the retailer and start cranking up the volume a little in the middle of a busy shop whilst complaining as no retailer wants bad press....least of all in their own shop during the xmas period! I used this tactic in the Sony Centre when they refused to refund me for (ironically) a Sony 40EX503 that had terrible backlight bleed...after employing my tactic during a busy saturday morning (and after getting increasingly loud) the manager changed his mind, funny that eh!! Should be used as a last resort though in your situation perhaps as they will still have your tv. Rubbish service though from your retailer and i would be annoyed so got to be worth complaining
Best of luck Andrew just sorry i couldn't help further but let me know how you get on, yes.