Home Direct Limited
Mobile trader Home Direct Limited (Home Direct) has been warned by the Commerce Commission that it likely breached the Fair Trading Act in relation to a software error that affected customers of Home Direct. The error resulted in some Home Direct customers having credits on their customer accounts turned into shopping voucher entitlements without their authority. The shopping voucher entitlements were in some cases subsequently expired and the value forfeited to Home Direct.
Case Details
Parties
Home Direct Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 13(i)
Industry
Retail – other
Status
Closed
Outcome
Warning letter
Case Number
Date opened
17 August 2018
Date closed
14 October 2019
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