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Citizens Advice is warning people to be aware of the dangers of online marketplaces
Posted 23 November 2018 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Retail|National
UPDATES: Citizens Advice warns Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers about the risks of online marketplaces, where bargains can be accompanied by unsafe goods, poor redress and misleading sellers.
More than 13,000 problems with purchases on online marketplaces were reported to the Citizens Advice consumer service last year, new analysis reveals. Recent polling shows three quarters (76%) of UK adults now use online marketplaces, which are websites where traders and private individuals list and sell products. <p dir="ltr">As customers turn to online marketplaces to ba...
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