Consumer Exploitation by underweight (paragraphs)
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Answer:
Underweight and under measurement: The goods sold in the market are sometimes not measured or weighted correctly. (b) Substandard quality: Selling defective home appliances and expired medicines are its examples. ... (d) Duplicity: Fake and duplicate items are sold in the name of genuine goods.
Explanation:
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Exploitation in the market happens in various ways, as
(a) Underweight and under measurement: The goods sold in the market are sometimes not measured or weighted correctly.
(b) Substandard quality: Selling defective home appliances and expired medicines are its examples.
(c) High Prices: Sometimes sellers charge higher than the MRP.
(d) Duplicity: Fake and duplicate items are sold in the name of genuine goods.
(e) Adulteration and impurities: Adulteration is done in the costly items as in oil, ghee, milk, spices etc. to earn higher profits. This affects consumer’s health and their money goes waste.
(f ) Lack of safety devices: Electronic goods produced locally lack the required inbuilt safeguards, which may cause accidents.
(g) Artificial scarcity or shortage: To earn more profits sellers create artificial scarcity by hoarding and selling the same at higher price.
(h) False or incomplete information: Sellers sometimes mislead people by giving wrong information about the products, price, quality, safety, expiry date,maintenance costs etc.
(i) Unsatisfactory after-sale service: Many suppliers do not provide satisfactory after-sale service in case of expensive electronic equipments, home appliances and cars etc.
(j) Rough behaviour: Consumers are often harassed in matters like LPG and telephone connections and in getting licensed items.
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