NBC Bay Area’s Consumer team filed a report focused on faulty fridges, and then, viewers responded resoundingly about their own refrigerator problems. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura has been watching a huge, coast-to-coast response and has an unusual quest to find refrigerator boxes to answer a legal question.

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…

  • RailisonEnglish
    159·
    4 months ago

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

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      84·
      4 months ago

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

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
      61·
      4 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@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

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