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Chinese seek refunds as salt panic subsides(short-lived salt bubble)
AFP ^ | 03/20/11
Posted on 03/21/2011 12:59:25 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Chinese seek refunds as salt panic subsides
Sun Mar 20, 2:29 am ET
SHANGHAI (AFP) – Chinese consumers caught up in panic salt buying in the mistaken belief it would protect against radiation from Japan's nuclear crisis are finding stores are refusing to refund their hoards of salt.
Supermarkets said they were unable to refund purchases of iodised salt, citing rules that say food cannot be returned if it has no quality problems, state media reported Sunday.
Panicked shoppers had set off a run on iodised salt despite government reassurances that China faced no danger from Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant leaking radiation.
A 60-year-old Shanghai woman told China Central Television (CCTV) that she called the police after a store refused to give her a refund for 50 packages of salt that she bought last week.
"I bought this salt at six yuan ($0.91) per pack. Then I heard the supply of salt was not tight so I want a refund," the woman, who was not identified by name, said in a phone interview.
AFP ^ | 03/20/11
Posted on 03/21/2011 12:59:25 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Chinese seek refunds as salt panic subsides
Sun Mar 20, 2:29 am ET
SHANGHAI (AFP) – Chinese consumers caught up in panic salt buying in the mistaken belief it would protect against radiation from Japan's nuclear crisis are finding stores are refusing to refund their hoards of salt.
Supermarkets said they were unable to refund purchases of iodised salt, citing rules that say food cannot be returned if it has no quality problems, state media reported Sunday.
Panicked shoppers had set off a run on iodised salt despite government reassurances that China faced no danger from Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant leaking radiation.
A 60-year-old Shanghai woman told China Central Television (CCTV) that she called the police after a store refused to give her a refund for 50 packages of salt that she bought last week.
"I bought this salt at six yuan ($0.91) per pack. Then I heard the supply of salt was not tight so I want a refund," the woman, who was not identified by name, said in a phone interview.
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