I was sent a late shipping notice, which according to US FTC law means that I can reject the late shipping and get a full refund if I contact the company and tell them I'm rejecting the late shipment. If they choose to still send it, then I am still entitled to a refund without having to return the item, as the item is considered a free gift at that time. So in this case, the same day that I received the late shipping notice (much sooner than the allowable time frame I have as the purchaser), I contacted ASOS customer service and told them that I dd not consent to the late shipment, and so they needed to refund me. They said it was too late for them to cancel the order, which was odd since the email I received was literally about how they couldn't ship it yet, so I don't see why they couldn't/wouldn't just cancel it, but that's their prerogative (following the law and refunding me regardless is not, of course). I explained to them that either way they had to refund me and even if I eventually got the items, I wouldn't have to return them for the refund based on ftc law, so I encouraged them to just cancel it. The customer service person acknowledged the US FTC law and clearly stated that I would get a full refund, and that I would not have to return the items for the refund (see the other documents I uploaded for the transcript: “me: since it's coming later than originally promised, which is why i got the notice, i have the right to refuse the new shipping date and get a full refund ASOS [05:09:27] Yes that is correct. me [05:09:42] this is the ftc law ASOS [05:09:45] Yes. You will still be refunded for this don't worry. ... me [05:11:28] .. since i haven't accepted the later shipment time, i don't need to return it for a refund. [05:11:45] so it would probably be best for you to just cancel it now before it's sent out. [05:12:24] since i don't have to return it but i am entitled to a full refund, since asos sent me a revised ship time, and i'm letting you know now i don't consent to it. ASOS [05:12:35] Yes you will not return it.”). He said he couldn't process the refund yet, but (for some reason) once I gave them the shipping info (which obviously I hadn't received yet since they were shipping it out late -hence this whole thing), they would process the refund without return. When I did find the shipping info, I contacted customer service again, but they broke their agreement and FTC law and refused to refund the order without a return. As you can see, the first customer service rep clearly promised a refund without return (as per FTC law), but then when I took the extra steps (which I probably didn't even need to do) that asos (bizarrely) claimed they 'needed' to process my legally entitled refund, they broke their promise/agreement with me and the law and refused to process my refund.