TEST YOUR CONSUMER KNOW HOW


True or False
1. If you have ordered goods through the mail, the seller has 30 days either to deliver the goods or offer you a refund unless the advertisement stated that the delivery would take longer.
2. Unless a conspicuously posted sign informs you to the contrary, you are entitled to a refund for any item which you purchase by check or cash and are returning in its original condition.
3. You are legally responsible for a credit card that has been mailed to you which you did not request.
4. The department store can refuse you credit if you are divorced.
5. Warranties must be labeled full or limited.
6. Price discrimination is legal, i.e. a store can charge different prices to different people as long as it is posted.
7. Rain checks are illegal.
8. Advertisements can lie.
9. You are entitled to cancel a contract signed in your home for three days.
10. You are entitled to cancel a contract you signed at the store for three days.
11. Clothing must have a permanent care label sewn in the garment.
12.A manufacturer of a food product can call their product anything they want.
13. All food must have a label on it listing at least the ingredients.
14. Price scanners are often wrong, and randomly higher and lower than the posted price.
15. You have to have a lawyer to represent you in Small Claims Court.

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