AG: Beware Of Consumer Schemes
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Attorney General Richard Cordray warns Ohioans to be on the lookout for consumer schemes. The state of the economy is allowing people to fall victim to consumer schemes. The latest cons come in the form on supposed stimulus vouchers or job offers. In response, the Attorney General’s office is launching Speak Out at http://www.ohio.gov.
The program can stop consumers from becoming involved in a scheme and was launched to arm consumers with cutting edge information and resources on the web. You can file a complaint by calling 1-800-282-0515.
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This goes far beyond the 40% off already jacked up prices. This is repackaging damaged or broken merchandise to be sold as new or reconditioned. An extreme example are DVD’s that went part way through a shredder and then were repackaged and sold as previously viewed. After reading and seeing this I will be even less likely to visit CC in its last days. Caveat emptor!
Putting up a “Going Out of Business Sale” sign is the oldest trick in the retailing book. Suckers flock to the store and actually believe that they will get something for nothing. Items marked “30% off” at Circuit City last week were probably 25% more expensive than you would have paid ordering it online from Amazon. Just as lotteries rely on the statistically challenged, so do “sales” rely on the economically illiterate.
Like at the Circuit City “Going Out Of Business” sale? I’m reading people are really getting screwed by the NO RETURN policy after getting broken merchandise. Paying big money only to find smashed TV’s INSIDE the cartons.
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