L4sBotMar 1, 2024

Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can't sue, company points to cardboard box

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Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can’t sue, company points to cardboard box::NBC Bay Area’s Consumer team filed a report focused on faulty fridges, and then, viewers responded resoundingly about their own refrigerator problems…

Show threadderf82

Arbitration clauses need to be banned, at least for regular consumer purchases.

But thanks to lobbying, that will never happen.

But at least I know never to ever buy anything from LG.

Mar 1, 2024 at 3:55pmWeb
Show threadfrezikMar 1, 2024
I’m starting to run out of mid-range appliance brands. Had problems with Bosch and Samsung. Now take off LG and Kenmore. There’s a few others, but for the most part, it’s either cheap appliances left or the higher end stuff like Sub-Zero/Wolf.
Show threadTJA!Mar 1, 2024
You have to fight the root cause. Your politicians want this or they would implement rules against it
Show threadAA5BMar 1, 2024

Just like consumer protections, they are bad at looking ahead: things need to get disastrous before politicians are moved to act.

I kept expecting shrink wrapped terms of service would do it, since it’s so clearly unfair to insist you agreed to something you can’t see until you’ve already “agreed” by opening the package. And I don’t see how most of these are even legally supportable - that’s great that you want an arbitration clause but how can you claim I agree with a contract unilaterally imposed by a conglomerate a billion times my wealth and no opportunity to read or bargain? How can you claim it’s legal to insist I sign away basic rights (yesterday I watched a video where a company was insisting there is no guarantee of fitness for purpose or that it functions on delivery)