Under the Law, these Consumer Guarantees cannot be excluded. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of “acceptable quality” and the failure does not amount to a major failure.
Consumer Guarantees have no set time limit but generally last for an amount of time that is reasonable to expect given factors including the cost and quality of the product or any representations made.
JB Hi-Fi’s “Refunds & Warranties, Understanding Your Rights” Brochure, sets out the minimum remedies that JB Hi-Fi will provide to you if you buy a faulty product from JB Hi-Fi. The policies set out in the Brochure are intended to provide you with remedies that JB Hi-Fi believes in the majority of circumstances to be consistent with your statutory rights under the ACL in the event of breach of a Consumer Guarantee relating to faulty products. However, these policies are in addition to, and do not limit your rights with respect to, the Consumer Guarantees or any other rights and remedies that you have under a law in relation to the goods sold by JB Hi-Fi. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law may extend beyond these time periods.
If you believe that a product that you have purchased from a JB Hi-Fi store or website is faulty please return it to your nearest store, where our team members will consider what remedy you are entitled to. If you cannot do this, or having spoken to one of our stores (and escalated the matter to the Store Manager) you are not satisfied that your ACL rights are being appropriately observed, then you can submit your concerns by contacting us. Please include the details of any remedy offered by JB Hi-Fi or the manufacturer that was not to your satisfaction in accordance with the ACL.
Please note that many manufacturers have dedicated support centres designed specifically to deal with issues in relation to their products and may even provide in home support and advanced troubleshooting. In many circumstances, the manufacturer may therefore be able to provide a quicker assessment of, and remedy for, any issue with your product, even if the manufacturer’s warranty has expired. You may therefore prefer to contact the manufacturer rather than JB Hi-Fi, although you are not obliged to do this and, if at any time you are not satisfied with the manufacturer’s remedy in relation to your legal rights, you can contact the store manager of your nearest JB Hi-Fi store for assistance. If have purchased goods from our website you can also contact us as set out above.