Three official decisions · Our short comparison

The details
make a difference.

What shows the fault? What did the buyer request? Compare the information considered in three different faulty-goods complaints in Denmark.

Choose an example

Sources checked · Selection and limits

Find the distinction before replying

A reported model issue, an expert examination and correspondence about continuing a repair are different kinds of information. Compare the disagreement, evidence and exact outcome — the item alone does not determine the result.

Use these examples to make your own description clearer. They are not an assessment of your case or a promise of the same result.

Three different cases

The outcome is visible immediately. Expand an example for the board’s reasoning and what it does not establish. All official decisions are in Danish.

Graphics card: suspicion about a model

Case 23/06160

Decision · Purchase

Outcome: The request for a free examination was rejected.

Describe your own symptoms. Reports about other units do not replace observations of your item.

Disagreement, evidence and limits
The disagreement
Did reports of a possible model-wide fault entitle the buyer to a free examination?
What the board considered
The buyer had not tested whether his own card had the reported fault.
What it does not establish
The board did not establish that the card was fault-free or that every examination fee is lawful.
Read the official decision (Danish)

Air fryer: heat and use information

Case 23/13586

Decision · Purchase

Outcome: The purchase was cancelled. A separate damages claim was also considered.

Keep the supplied instructions. Distinguish your observations from any expert examination.

Disagreement, evidence and limits
The disagreement
Was the appliance non-conforming because its heat could damage a worktop and supplied use information was inadequate?
What the board considered
The board considered expert assessments of heat and damage, together with inadequate information supplied to the buyer.
What it does not establish
This does not mean every heat-damage case warrants a refund. Compensation for other damage is a separate issue.
Read the official decision (Danish)

Cargo e-bike: repair after a cancellation demand

Case 25/06324

Decision · Purchase

Outcome: Cancellation was refused. In this case, the board interpreted the buyer’s conduct as withdrawing that demand.

Keep the full correspondence. Make it clear whether you are asking for status, continued repair or cancellation.

Disagreement, evidence and limits
The disagreement
Could the buyer maintain cancellation after a lengthy repair that he continued asking the shop to complete?
What the board considered
Repair had been completed. The board considered together the buyer’s continued repair requests and his objection to the work being stopped.
What it does not establish
The board did not decide that the repair time was reasonable. The decision does not mean every status enquiry waives a cancellation demand.
Read the official decision (Danish)

How the examples were selected

We selected three published decisions from the Danish Consumer Complaints Board about goods bought from 2022 onwards. They illustrate different questions about evidence, use information and repair correspondence. Selection is deliberate and not representative.

These are not statistics, a success rate or our customer stories. They do not show how often consumers win. Other purchase dates, faults, agreements and rules can change the assessment.

These are our own short summaries, checked against the cited primary sources. Each entry links to the board’s full reasoning. We are not a public complaints body, and the board has not approved this comparison.

Download the sources and bounded observations as bilingual JSON. We do not republish the full decisions.

See also the burden-of-proof rules or identify the specific point in a shop’s rejection.