Robin Bowes;169661 Wrote: 
> Kyle wrote:
> > The OP said he had no local dealer and thus purchased online.  To
> me,
> > "no risk" means no risk -- we are confident enough in our product
> that
> > we are willing to let you try it out and return it if it is not to
> your
> > satisfaction, no questions asked and no cost (other than possibly
> > shipping, which should be clearly specified).
> 
> Let me be clear here: I agree with the OP that this is not best
> practice, and not something that could happen in Europe because of
> distance selling laws.
> 
> However, the following thought occurred to me while reading Kyle's
> post
> (I've read all the others, so this is not something that came to me
> immediately)
> 
> "no risk" is actually not the same as "no cost"
> 
> "no risk" means that the vendor guarantees to accept the unit back from
> you.
> 
> "no cost" means that the vendor will not charge you anything.
> 
> R.

Perhaps. I read it differently. To me "no risk" means "no risk of
losing money". I would bet that this is a more common reading than
yours. 

Of course, this is one of the things that makes linguistics hard: not
everyone reads a statement the same way. I still contend that it was
intentionally misleading.


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totoro

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