The National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) announced on Tuesday that it is checking the Temu and Shein shopping sites, and the commissioners of the institution advise consumers to inform themselves carefully before purchasing a product.
ANPC announced, on Tuesday, in a press release, that it is checking the shopping sites and applications that operate as an online market, Temu and Shein.
“The action focuses on the possible unfair commercial practices of traders, in the relationship with consumers, likely to distort, essentially, their economic behavior, respectively potential violations of the horizontal legislation regarding product safety and consumer protection (inauthentic discounts) and aggressive practices – manipulative interfaces (dark patterns), selling under pressure (pressure – selling), rewarding a person’s involvement with a product or service with a prize (gamification), but also other aspects (for example, related to product safety)”, the commissioners said ANPC.
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In this context, ANPC advises consumers who buy online from these sites to carefully inform themselves before purchasing a product, about its characteristics, displayed prices, delivery costs, information about the merchant or available payment methods.
Consumers are also advised to read the “Terms and Conditions” section of the website from which they wish to purchase products.
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