PRESS RELEASE BY THE MALTA COMPETITION AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY

The Director General (Consumer Affairs) hereby issues this Public Statement in accordance with Article 8 of the Consumer Affairs Act (Cap.378), by means of which she hereby identifies and gives information to the public that the following trader:

Robert Galea – Arcade

failed to honour a decision delivered by the Consumer Claims Tribunal ordering him to reimburse the consumer the sum of one thousand, two hundred and eighty-one euros (€1281). The consumer had entrusted the trader with a faulty laptop for repair, but after several months it was returned to him in an even worse condition. Some of the product's parts had been replaced with inferior quality parts.

The trader was also ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.