Walk It Through: The Salesman At The Door
Three business days, five for a senior, and 30 days' notice before a damages suit.
A salesperson comes to a retiree's home and sells a water filter system, and the retiree signs at the kitchen table.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One sale at a kitchen table. Home improvement contracts with their own rules, disaster repair contracts, and unfair competition suits are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Consumers Legal Remedies ActThe law listing unfair or deceptive acts unlawful in selling or leasing goods or services to a consumer.
- RestitutionThe refund a manufacturer makes when it cannot repair a new vehicle after a reasonable number of attempts: the price paid, with taxes, fees and incidental damages, less an amount for use.
- Home solicitation contractA contract of $25 or more made somewhere other than the seller's normal place of business, which the buyer may cancel until midnight of the third business day after signing.