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09 October 2009 / Chris Monaghan
Issue: 7388 / Categories: Opinion , Commercial
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Consumer rights & wrongs

MP3 players are owned and trusted by the great and good. However, there have been problems reported with the batteries that Apple uses in its iPods. In August, Sky News reported that the European Commission consumer safety watchdog was conducting an investigation as a result of these problems.

MP3 players are owned and trusted by the great and good.

However, there have been problems reported with the batteries that Apple uses in its iPods. In August, Sky News reported that the European Commission consumer safety watchdog was conducting an investigation as a result of these problems.

This article concerns the claims made by an 11-year-old girl from Liverpool, whose iPod allegedly exploded (see “Apple tried to silence owner of exploding iPod with gagging order”, The Times, 3 August 2009).

The Sale of Goods Act 1979

The consumer is in a privileged position. Whereas in Sir Mackenzie Chalmers’s original draft of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 there were only two implied terms that were treated as conditions, one of these being Sale

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