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KS Owners refund

(Topic created on: 01-07-2018 02:08 PM)
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paul1277
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Do all you good people who bought a 2016 Samsung TV know Samsung have stopped supporting it. The promised they would support HLG (BBC Iplayer HDR). This was in the Dec 2016 Trusted Reviews and What Hi Fi. They have not and if you had bought a Panasonic or LG 2016 set you would be able to watch Iplayer Blue Planet 2 in glorious HLG. This is a big issue because HLG looks like the standard for all over the air broadcasting. Samsung are not even supporting a 4K update to Iplayer. The reason looks like it will cost just 5 cents or pence per unit. So my telly I bought in Jan 2017 is deemed as out of date by Samsung!!!!!!

You wrote in your Dec 2016 issue that Samsung were supporting HLG in their 2016 models. Do you know that Samsung have supported their 2017 models but not the 2016 models. I know because the BBC IPlayer Blue Planet 2 will not play in 4K or HLG. It's not good considering Panasonic and LG both do support their 2016 models. It means my KS model I bought in Jan is now deemed out of date by Samsung. It looks like their are royalty fees which Samsung will not pay! Not good.


All you people in the UK can return your KS TVs IF you bought it for the use of the smartthings Extend that will never be coming out for our TVs. ***** is how.

 

Tell them you want a full refund because they promised that if you bought a KS TV you would get a FREE Smartthings Extend. They proof you will need is easy to find and is the reason you bought this TV.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMc3V98yzNY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSWoUmU5YQ

I bought mine from J Lewis and the Samsung Extend addvert is still there https://www.johnlewis.com/electricals/samsung/smart-tv/c9601000048?rdr=1

 

If you bought your KS TV from currys http://techtalk.currys.co.uk/tv-gaming/tv/how-to-control-your-home-from-your-smart-tv/

 

They both say that you will get a free smartthings extend USB dongle.

Now send you TVs back for a full refund Smiley Happy

 

 

All those who bought a Samsung TV in 2016 may have claim for miss selling. It basically means that all you folks who bought the 2016 Samsung units have 2 choices. After Dec 2016 and if you had seen any articles that are press release's about HLG support and that influenced you decision to buy may have a case. For all those owners who read the info from the retailers on their web pages and saw and was influenced by the promise of the smart connect which has not been honoured, then you also have a case for miss selling. If you all spread this in all available media then I am sure the retailers would put pressure on to Samsung to correct this. If nothing else you could end up with nice shiny LG or Panasonic, or the new Philips that all are HLG BBC iplayer compatible, and with the HDR10 plus that again Samsung have still not implemented, you may be best with LG and Dolby Vision.

Also take a copy of the retailers web page before they change the description.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSWoUmU5YQ

I will try to explain how to get a refund for miss selling (seen how much the LG's have come down). I followed this way and got a full refund or a JS8000.

You need to show that you asked or believed that or influenced by claims made about the capabilities of the TV. With BBC Iplayer HLG it's from the Trusted reviews and What Hi Fi, and any other publications and if you asked the retailer.

 

https://www.whathifi.com/advice/hdr-tv-what-it-how-can-you-get-it#6locceZo3Zf8yi5T.99

you can show you had been informed.

It's different with the smart connect as that is advertised on the main retailers web sites,

https://www.johnlewis.com/electricals/samsung/smart-tv/c9601000048?rdr=1
http://techtalk.currys.co.uk/tv-gaming/tv/how-to-control-your-home-from-your-smart-tv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSWoUmU5YQ

As the donngle's have not turned up you now claim miss selling, so either go to your retailer or email them with the web page, and explain why you think you were miss sold. Also phone Citizens Advice 03444 111 444 and raise a case (this also gets past on to Trading Standards). Explain that the retailer informed you off the capabilities via their web page information, and either show the page printer or the link, as above.

They will advise and link you to some template letters to send to your retailer.

I had to send a letter of intent to take legal action (template from Citizens Advice) against Curry's but then they gave me a refund.

So mention all the promises from Samsung full support for HLG, Smart Connect, and HDR10+

It will cost nothing to ask and again may bring some pressure on to Samsung.

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paul1277
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Ok thanks any advice is really helpfu
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So......If you do decide to go to court here is the checklist of things that you need to have prepared:-

1. Before you can file the Court Papers you need to send a 'Letter before Action' RECORDED delivery to the registered office of the company you intend to issue proceedings against. When you send the item recorded delivery take a photo of the envelope address and then the receipt and E-Mail them to yourself so you cannot then accidentally 'lose' them.

2. Your letter before action should lay out your argument along the lines of....

I purchased Samsung Model KSxxxx TV from yourselves serial number yyyyyy on DATE via Online/InStore, the invoice number you issued was zzzzzz and I have attached a copy of the invoice as attachment number one in the document bundle.

I was informed that this model would support XYZ features (do a list here of features, each one on a separate line) by phone/your website/in store before purchase. (If from the website) I have attached the relevant pages from your website as attachment two in the document bundle, these pages are available online to view at (give Wayback machine web address). If by phone or instore if you can remember who you spoke to (it may be on the receipt) and the approximate date you had the conversation.

As at this date these features have not been implemented and indeed on DATE Samsung announced they would not now be providing this functionality, therefore while it is clear that Samsung have let you down it is also clear that I was sold an item that was misrepresented to me at time of sale.

(If applicable) While Samsung have offered me a Smartthings Hub as a resolution this does not provide the same functionality as the TV for the following reasons (now list, one item per line).

Therefore as the item is not as described I wish to be fully refunded for the item to stop me issuing court proceedings.

I am willing to pursue an ADR resolution to this issue, if you are willing to commit, in writing, for it to be a binding resolution on both parties before commencement. I would draw your attention to the fact that I will also (if the forum member is willing to do so) provide to the court an existing ADR resolution for this issue which happened to Mr FRED SMITH (change as appropriate) who has provided an affidavit for same which I have attached the details for as attachment three in the bundle. (The forum member who the ADR was done with will have to write (type) a statement of exactly what happened, sign and date it and send it to the person who will be sending the Letter before Action, the following is the preferred layout and once done it's usually easiest to turn it into a PDF for emailing)

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/standard-directions/general/witness-statemen...

I will also provide to the court (if the forum member is willing to do it) E-Mails that have been sent by your organisation to Mr JOHN DOE (change as appropriate) accepting that the item was not as originally described, Mr JOHN DOE has provided an affidavit for same which I have attached the details for as attachment four in the document bundle. (The forum member who the E-Mail(s) were sent to will have to write (type) a statement of exactly what happened, sign and date it and send it to the person who will be sending the Letter before Action, the following is the preferred layout and once done it's usually easiest to turn it into a PDF for emailing)

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/standard-directions/general/witness-statemen...

I have thus far spent xxxxx hours as per the schedule which I have attached as document five of the attachments bundle, I will be looking to recover my time spent on this at £xxx per hour as I believe the facts of this case are prima facie based on the evidence including your own E-Mail(s) (if provided by other forum member) but you are unwilling to settle requiring me to pursue action through the courts and wasting valuable court time. I will also be adding to the claim at time of hearing for all extra time I have spent on this before the court makes a judgement.

Now you want to list your time spent and attach the schedule I referred to in my earlier posting and attach it as attachment five to the bundle.

I will also look to recover interest at 8% per year from this day forward on the total amount of my claim. I have included a complete breakdown of all the parts of my claim as attachment six in the attachments bundle.

So the claim should now be broken down similar to this....

The original amount of the item. Including all shipping charges BUT NOT including any accessories you bought at the same time unless you can prove they were specifically only for the TV you bought.

The amount of time you've spent in Total to date, as shown in the schedule attached as attachment five in the bundle.

The costs you have incurred sending documents recorded delivery and ALL the court filing charges if you get to that stage.

The interest at 8% per year.

So for example.....

Lets say you spent £2000 on the TV

Let's say you spent 10 hours at £35 per hour so £350

Let's say you spent £10 total on postage and stationary costs.

Let's say the 'expected' costs of the court filing if you get to that point will be £75.

So add up all the costs (except the court filing as you haven't done that yet)

TV £2000 + Time £350 + Post/Stationary £10 = £2360

£2360 / 365 (days in year) = £6.47 * 8% = 52p per day interest.

So now you should state your claim is....

£2360 which consists of
£2000 for the TV including shipping charges.
£350 for your time spent on this.
£10 for postage and stationary.

If you do not provide a full refund by (DATE 14 days from 3 days after you actually post this letter) then I will have no option but to file court proceedings which will incur extra costs of £75 (CHECK THE AMOUNT) for filing the appropriate paperwork, together with my extra time and interest charges from todays date until the court makes a judgement.

Now clearly attach all the attachments and clearly mark their number (it's 'good practice' to staple each document 'set' together...so staple all of attachment one together, then all of attachment two together and so on) and then write which attachment number it is in pen on the first sheet of that document set, then get a fluorescent marker (YELLOW is usually best) and overmark the attachment number. While this may all appear a bit an*l you want to make it all as clear as possible for the judge who has to go through these things, they're not renowned for their patience so when preparing the documents think of it as laying it out for a five year old.....really keep it that simple, so for example, if you end up with six attachments do a cover sheet for the attachments which lists their number, how many pages in that attachment and what that attachment is for and put it as the first page of the attachments, as I said, try to make everything simple for anyone reading this, judges don't want to have to d*ck around trying to find out what you mean so lay it all out as clearly as possible so even a child could find it.

Now when you've done all this......put it to oneside and don't look at it for three days.

Now pick it up and read through it, slowly, looking for typing errors, grammatical errors and logic errors.

If you're still happy with it put it to oneside again. Now find a friend who doesn't know what this is about and ask them to read it but they CANNOT ask you any questions while reading it and give you their HONEST opinion, not about the arguments of the case but the way you've laid it out, is it easy to understand and does it make sense? If they need to ask you questions about something they've not understood you need to revisit that and rework it.

Once you've gone through this process a couple of times and you're happy you're probably now ready to post it.

Good Luck.

tarbat
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@Tell, does any of that apply to Scotland, or is that just the process in England? The new “simple procedure” in Scotland makes no reference to this “Letter before action” process.

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Tell
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I have no knowledge of Scottish Law, however, quickly reading this

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/law-and-courts/legal-system-s/taking-legal-action-s/what-...

I would use the Letter before Action as the mechanism by which you've tried to resolve it with the other party before you file the paperwork with the court, it shows you have been reasonable and not 'quick fired' straight into the courts. Sending it marked as a Letter before Action will make it clear to the judge subsequently that the respondent was on notice.
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Okay @Tell, we do need to be clear about different legal jurisdictions in the U.K. Scottish CAB reviewed what I’d done so far, and just further advised getting a “deadlock letter” from John Lewis, which I’ve now got. They also advised getting JL to accept Scottish jurisdiction, which they’ve agreed to.  The Form 3a for the Sheriffs Court does ask what I’ve done to resolve this, so I’ve listed all the steps so far, including the attempt at ADR, the EU ODR complaint, etc.

Tell
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Also as a quick footnote.

If any of the forum members HAVE had a success I would suggest a Personal Message to Paul who seems to have led the charge here saying what information you have and what information you would be willing to sign an affidavit for. I would suggest you DO NOT post in the thread as careless (specific) talk can cost cases.

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@tarbat wrote:

Okay @Tell, we do need to be clear about different legal jurisdictions in the U.K. Scottish CAB reviewed what I’d done so far, and just further advised getting a “deadlock letter” from John Lewis, which I’ve now got. They also advised getting JL to accept Scottish jurisdiction, which they’ve agreed to.  The Form 3a for the Sheriffs Court does ask what I’ve done to resolve this, so I’ve listed all the steps so far, including the attempt at ADR, the EU ODR complaint, etc.


In that case I think you've answered your own question.

mrtickle
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tremendous posts, @Tell - thanks!

 

 

ItsJohnT
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Hi guys, here is my latest response received back from Reliant Direct, any advice on what my next course of action should be? Cheers JT

 

Please see below the latest response from Samsung regarding your issue,  unfortunately with this information provided, we will not be able to offer a replacement model.

 

I will be able to understand your disappointment but as the manufacturer has stated “ HLG via HDMI or support for future versions of BBC i-Player that may use HLG was not promised.” We are unable to assist further with your complaint. 

 

With regards to HLG format and functionality, Samsung promised to enable Broadcast HLG support, this was enabled some months ago.  HLG via HDMI or support for future versions of BBC i-Player that may use HLG was not promised.

 

Unfortunately, for technical reasons we were not able to release the SmartThings Extend dongle. For customers seeking to use SmartThings connectivity, we are pleased to be able to provide the functionality of Samsung SmartThings Hub with the confidence of consistent performance.

 

SmartThings have confirmed for cases where customers had purchased selected 2016 TVs with the expected functionality of a SmartThings hub, SmartThings will provide a hub free of charge. 

 

If a customer or retailer is requesting the SmartThings extend dongle, please suggest they go to SmartThings for further support. Please contact support@smartthings.co.uk for further details.

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@ItsJohnT wrote:

Unfortunately, for technical reasons we were not able to release the SmartThings Extend dongle. For customers seeking to use SmartThings connectivity, we are pleased to be able to provide the functionality of Samsung SmartThings Hub with the confidence of consistent performance.


I would challenge them on the SmartThings Hub. Point out why it is a very different feature to what was originally promised, not enabling control of SmartThing devices from the TV, and requiring a smartphone to operate. Insist on a refund, or a TV that can control SmartThing devices directly from the TV using the TV remote control.

 

I wouldn't pursue the HLG aspects of your complaint, as I doubt HLG was advertised when you bought the TV.

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