Long story, but a brand new washing machine will be delivered tomorrow and it looks like we don’t need it.
What to do, refuse delivery of the new one?

it may come damaged as theyll chuck it over the fence if youre not in. 😯

did you buy it online?
Distance selling regs so you can return?

Big shop just explain and they may issue a refund or more likely a credit note?

Yeah, bought online from Currys

Just don’t answer the door, do the same next time they try and deliver it. They’ll soon get sick of trying and send it back……possibly 😀

distance selling regs mean you can refuse the goods even once you get them so I suggest you do this- refuse before getting them and they should let you do it without delivery as it would be shop soiled if you did

Call them and explain and I assume they will cancel – they may try and charge a fee which may be less than the cost of returning it – which iirc you have to pay anyway

The Distance Selling Regulations state that your right to cancel an order starts the moment you place your order and doesn’t end until seven working days from the day after you receive your goods.
This is the minimum consumers must be given and many sellers choose to exceed this, so always check the terms and conditions in case you have longer to return your items.
As this seven-day working period is the time you have to decide whether to cancel, by law the seller can’t say that you must have returned the goods within this time frame.
Confirmation of your cancellation should be sent by email, letter or fax.

Only if it is covered in the contract and the written information
can you require the consumer to pay for the cost of returning
the ordered goods. If the consumer then fails to return the
goods, or sends them at your expense, you can charge them
the direct cost to you of the return, even if you have already
refunded the consumer’s money. You are not allowed to
make any further charges, such as a restocking charge or an
administration charge.

this is written for business so you should be fine

Do you live on a council estate? If so, leave it rusting in the garden, with a piss-soddden mattress leaning against it, next to a half dismantled Honda C90. Just to fit in with the neighbours

If you live in a nice middle class suburb, give this a go anyway. In a sort of retro underclass sort of way. Its quite fashionable nowadays according to the Times supplement last weekend. They might think you’re , like, ‘street’ and ‘ghetto’, and dangerous, n shit. You might be a drug lord. Have you got a Range Rover Sport with a body kit you could borrow? See how long it takes any of them to say anything?

Think of it as a social experiment

Smashing, thanks junkyard 🙂