Refund policy not provided before purhase

On 09-07-2025, I purchased a very expensive jewellery item at Swarovski Cascais Shopping. At no point during the purchase was I informed—verbally or in writing or present at checkout for customers review —that refunds were not permitted. I only became aware of this “no refund” policy after attempting to return the item in store. This violates Directive 2011/83/EU and its transposition in Portuguese law (Decree-Law No. 24/2014, amended by Decree-Law No. 78/2018), which require traders to clearly inform consumers of return and refund policies before purchase. Since this disclosure obligation was not met, the policy cannot be enforced, and I am entitled to a full refund. Despite my formal complaint (CGB02565862) to Swarovski on July 28th and latest correspondence from them on Aug 7th, they have not provided a decision on my complaint. It’s totally unacceptable that a month later this is still not resolved. I sent another email on Aug 17th and still no response. I request the intervention of ASAE to ensure Swarovski complies with Portuguese and EU law and processes my refund without further delay.

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