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Report Rogue Traders at Leicestershire Libraries
Posted on 30/12/2008
Community Services
Savvy shoppers are being urged to report misleading and aggressive selling and scams during National Consumer Week, which starts on November 17. Trading Standards Officers will be available for one day in each of the ten main libraries in the County, to provide advice and record information about problem traders.
David Bull, Head of Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards Service said: “If you are a Savvy Shopper, this is your chance to make a difference! Ask your nearest library for information on when and at which Library Trading Standards Officers will be visiting to record any Rip-Offs, Scams, Loan Sharks or other Unfair Trading Practices that you may have come across. Let us know who the rogues are, so that we can target them.”
http://www.leics.gov.uk/tradingstandards
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Contacts:-
Paul Davis 0116 305 6534
Keith Regan 0116 305 6533
Notes to Editor
(1) The date & times for each library are as in the table below:
Library Day Times Ashby De La Zouch Friday 2t Nov 9.30am to 4.30pm Birstall Thursday 20 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Blaby Tuesday 18 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Coalville Monday 17 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Hinckley Friday 21 Nov 9.30am to 4.30pm Loughborough Monday 17 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Market Harborough Wednesday 19 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Melton Mowbray Tuesday 18 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Oadby Thursday 20 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm Wigston Wednesday 19 Nov 9.30am to 5.00pm(2) Examples of unfair practices:
- A car salesman who doesn’t tell you that a car has been an insurance write-off;
- A double glazing salesman who offers a low price “but only if you buy today”;
- An alarm seller who falsely says that your home is at special risk of a break-in;
- Falsely saying that there is a closing down sale
- Saying you’ve “won a prize” but charging money or a premium rate phone call to have it delivered or to find out what it is;
- A salesman refuses to leave your home when asked, or comes back or keeps ringing after being asked not to do so;
- A salesman who tries to bully you into buying;
- A salesman who says he’ll lose his job if you don’t buy;
- Any other misleading or unfair sales practice you come across