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Deceptive Practices In Sales In Fulton
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Reporting Alleged Unethical Behavior and Filing a Complaint To report a potential ethics violation or file a complaint, you may: Call the Integrity Hotline at 1-800-884-0911 or file a web report online at .atlantaga.ethicspoint.
Contact the company about your complaint If you have a complaint about a company's products or services, contact them first before you seek help elsewhere. Explain your problem to the company by calling, web chatting, or sending them a formal complaint letter.
File a complaint with your local consumer protection office or the state agency that regulates the company. Notify the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in your area about your problem. The BBB tries to resolve your complaints against companies.
After a complaint is filed, it is reviewed by an attorney general representative who determines whether: The complaint is appropriate for mediation by the office. If it should be referred to another governmental entity that may be more suited to assist with the consumer's complaint.
The composition of goods is another common category of deceptive claims. For example, a product advertised as “wool” had better be 100 percent wool; a mixture of wool and synthetic fabrics cannot be advertised as wool.
An act or practice may be found to be deceptive if there is a representation, omission, or practice that misleads or is likely to mislead a consumer. Deception is not limited to situations in which a consumer has already been misled.
If you're selling something that does not do what you say it does, then you're being deceptive. If you're nudging someone to buy something they already want (and will add value to their lives), that's persuasion. TL;DR: Deception is a lie, persuasion is a tool.