The distance selling regulations say goods or services must be delivered or provided within 30 days of the date of your order or by the date you agreed. If not, you have the right to a full refund.
Also if you change your mind and want to cancel you can usually get a full refund, plus standard delivery costs, if you cancel anytime from when you first placed your order up to 7 working days after the date the goods were delivered or the date you've signed up for a service.
When you make a purchase, the trader should give you their name, address, product and delivery details, costs and cancellation rights. If they don't, you may have even longer to cancel.
But there are some times when these rights don't apply.
These are when you buy financial services, something from an online auction or from another consumer on the web. Sometimes you won't be able to cancel services or return goods, for example if they are:
- perishable like food or flowers...
- a newspaper or magazine...
- a computer game, CD or DVD where the security seal has been broken
- for services like music downloads - because you'll probably have already
agreed and received the goods before the end of the 7-day cooling off period.
