Black Friday is the best time of the year when you can purchase much-desired products at much lower prices than the rest of the year. This is the general "rule" on which the discount campaign is based, but this does not mean that there are no fake offers. On the contrary!
The Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC) had a lot of work during the Black Friday promotions.
Inspectors noticed numerous irregularities, at several retailers, who tried to lure customers eager for bargains, through false offers. More precisely, the so-called promotions that they displayed were not promotions at all, but high street scams.
List of shops fined by ANPC, on Black Friday
ANPC went online and, following the irregularities discovered, it did not remain passive. It imposed stiff penalties on traders who broke the law.
The inspectors also compiled a list of the irregularities discovered at these traders. Here's what it's about: there were discounted products on sale, without this being applied from the reference price, there is no information that clearly and unequivocally indicates the date on which the offer ends and the fact that it refers to the available stock , confusing information on the website regarding discounts on the new collection and the Black Friday offer (inconsistencies between the two sections of the website).
According to the information sent by the institution, the reference price displayed on the website was not the lowest price practiced in the last 30 days, through the incorrect way of calculating the reduced price, creating the premise of the existence of a specific price advantage, consumers being determined to makes a trading decision that he would not have made had he known the reality.