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Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can't sue, company points to cardboard box (www.nbcbayarea.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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....

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[–] [email protected] 160 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It boggles my mind that consumer protections in the US are so weak.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 9 months ago

When you realize a significant number of our laws here are written by industry lawyers, it makes a lot more sense.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Absolutely. Mandatory arbitration is a miscarriage of justice so obvious that it is truly shocking to me that both the courts and the legislature allow it to continue.

[–] aramova 1 points 9 months ago

Live here for a few months and you'll see a whole lot of things that'll boggle your mind.