For most purchases, you would expect to have some consumer rights for at least 6 months.
However, after 6 months, unless you buy goods with an extended, written guarantee, you are usually out of time to claim a replacement, repair or refund.
Although you wish to take this further, I am not sure exactly what you will be able to do.
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)