I'm interested in experiences people have had applying statutory warranties under the ACL to clothing beyond an item arriving damaged. In other words, if a piece of clothing starts falling apart in say 4 months time, since the reasonable expected life of most pieces of clothing would be greater than that it should technically be replaced/refunded under statutory warranty.
I've never gone down this road myself as it seems like too much hassle, but I'm intrigued if others have had any success.
Intereting wearing bathrobe to work and rock climbing.
Not quite sure what Anterior Cruciate Ligament problems have to do with clothing
OP is obviously referring to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
I thought the Australian Christian Lobby was regulating clothing now.
I have never purchased a piece of clothing that falls apart in 4 months time. What sort of junk are you wearing?
maybe not fall apart, but things like develop holes from normal use. Eg I had some adidas sneakers get a hole where my toe is (the fabric kind like ultraboosts) after only a few months, thats probably the worst example I can think of. Though I have had tshirts develop holes after a few months on a couple of occasions as well but its hard to tell whether that was just from normal use or if something happened like it got caught on something.
Yoe box holes are shitty and I think there's room for this issue to come under not fit for purpose. I stopped buying kayanos due to toe box holes and I can see plenty of others have the same problem. If you're getting a yoe box hole after a year or so then fine, but in 4 months it's likely that the material isn't strong enough for the use and therefore not fit for purpose (imo).
How often are you wearing them?
Sneakers being worn 8 hours a day 5 days a week - I'd expect wear to happen.
You need to answer @zonra with all the questions in the post.
As ever, it's not that "it has worn out after a few months".
It's how have you used it vs. what it was designed for.
For example … my dedicated running shoes (I use either Brooks Adrenaline, Asics Kayano, or Asics GT-2000) develop a hole above the toe after a maybe a couple of hundred kilometres of use. I know that the overall life of a running shoe is somewhere between 500 and 800km. The hole in the toe doesn't affect anything other than the aesthetics which I don't care about as they are dedicated running shoes.
On the other hand, "running shoes" that I use for everyday walking around, kids' sport, doing errands, etc. don't develop this problem even after a couple of years of use.
In both cases, I would describe the outcome as "fit for purpose".
I bought 2 pants from Sportscraft, same but one blue one green. Blue pair crotch wore out and ripped in a month, green pair lasted over a year. They were on sale $20 each so I did not care.
Op need to let us know the price of the product
Haha, didn't realized it's in op name. That's why op didn't say anything. Sorry op.
A while back when I was fresh outta uni I purchased two suits from myer of one particular brand, I think $500ea which was huge for me at the time. Being tall and slim I was ecstatic they fit perfectly.
Both developed a weird wear/eventual rip in the exact same location on the right butt cheek pocket within 3 months even though they were worn 1-2 times a week max, desk/office work. None of my other suits had this issue.
Went to a tailor who said the suit was made without lining in a certain spot where there should be lining or reinforcement and that led to the wear in the butt/pocket each time I moved/bent my legs (was present on the left side hence localized wear to the right)
Took some doing but eventually got refunded and did mention ACL, not that I knew much about it at the time
Somewhat related. When I first started working in mid-90s in corporate offices, had to wear a suit, etc. I used to get holes/extensive wear marks on my right butt cheek pocket when I wore my suit pants as well. After a while I realised it was because i used to put my wallet in that pocket and sitting down with my wallet in that back pocket would stress that part, eventually leading to holes, etc.
Nowadays I never put anything in my back pockets, and I've never had that problem again in the last 25 years. Now my suits last much longer now that I don't have anything unduly stressing specific parts of the suit which lead to premature wear
Likely also depends on the return policy where you bought it as to whether resorting to ACL would be necessary. I returned a polo shirt to Big W - it had shrunk substantially after a few washes. They lady said, "oh my gosh, that's terrible!" and gave me my money back immediately. But I bet the Pradas of this world would give you a real hard time about it.
I once returned a top to myer that got pilling after the first wear (purchased a week prior). It was a delicate fabric and not cheap. The assistant tried to tell me it was normal to get pilling. Not after 1 short use it ain't. I got my refund but the refusal to understand why an item shouldn't pill on 1st use, was strange.
My stepones develop holes in the rear , but I'm sure thats from my toxic farting lol
have you spoken to the seller? what was their response?
I bought a pair of shoes from FCUK, with in 2 months the front of the toe had worn out. I contact the seller (provided photos of the shoes) , they asked me to send them back and then they refunded me
Dump your top loader and upgrade to a front loader, your laundry life expectancy will go up!
I rarely have clothing fail prematurely, I mean the majority of the t-shirts I wear are 3-10 years old but I buy quality items and I never put clothing in the drier (just sheets and towels) as that will dramatically cut down a clothing item's lifespan.
That really depends
- How much was it?
- How often was it worn and washed?
- What sort of activities to you undertake wearing it?
- Do those activities fit the purpose of the clothing?
I wouldn’t expect a $30 set of bath robe to last 4 months if I wear it to work daily and do rock-climbing with it on the weekends.