Most goods come with at least one year’s guarantee or warranty but consumers could be quite rightfully disgruntled if a product breaks down not long after the warranty expires.

So what are your options if this happens? Take the case of mobile phone customers who buy the new iPhone 4S, for example. The cheapest way to get the new handset is on a 24-month contract with networks charging between £43 and £47 a month for a ‘free’ 16GB iPhone 4S on a two-year deal. The trouble is, despite iPhones being commonly sold on two-year contracts, Apple only gives consumers a one-year warranty. So if your iPhone breaks down when you’ve had it over a year but before your two-year contract is up for renewal, you could be stuck on a contract you can’t get out of with a phone that doesn’t work....Read more here---> Your rights if a mobile phone breaks down ¿in contract¿ | This is Money