Catalogue store Argos was today accused of passing off clearly used products as new.

Examples included a hair-remover bristling with hair, a food-spattered liquidiser and a compact disc player containing crumbs and a heavy metal CD.

The cases are highlighted in the latest edition of the consumer magazine Which? after it recently received 26 complaints.

Argos told Which? if a product was returned as faulty it was sent back to the manufacturer.

If it was returned under its 16-day "change of mind" policy, it was checked and, if it could be sold, put back into stock.

Thursday May 06, 2004