<b>A blond-haired woman from Essex is involved in a major dispute with a Suffolk sports shop because it will not allow her to return a pair of new water skis.</b>

Chelsea Gooch, 24, bought the skis for £150 because she wanted to try out a new hobby and lose some weight before heading off to a sunshine winter holiday in Blackpool.

But when she couldn't find a suitable lake with a slope she was furious.



"What a waste of money. The shop in Ipswich sold me the water skis knowing full well there are no sloping lakes in East Anglia, so I would not be able to use them.

"This is a disgraceful case of money grabbing on their part," complained Miss Gooch, an executive assistant trainee administrator beauty technician from Witham.

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A spokesman for the sports shop said they do have a policy of accepting returns, however on this occasion the goods had been damaged.

He said: "The lady in question had tried practising by skiing down the stairs of her apartment block. Both skis were badly scuffed.

"We did point out to her that you do not need to find downhill water to enjoy water skiing, but she claimed we were deliberately trying to confuse her and stormed out."

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Keen-eyed Suffolk Gazette readers will know Miss Gooch from a previous story. She has a habit of complaining about purchased goods, and most recently was upset that a <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/tight-scarf/">new scarf was too tight</a>.

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