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Why hasn't the US Consumer Protection Bureau stepped in at this point? Isn't this exactly the sort of thing they are suppose to prevent?
by the-pigeon 8y ago
Why hasn't the US Consumer Protection Bureau stepped in at this point?
Isn't this exactly the sort of thing they are suppose to prevent?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Why hasn't the US Consumer Protection Bureau stepped in at this point? Because no such bureau exists? You may be thinking of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (which deals with financial products) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (which deals with physical safety issues), but (while physical safety issues are among the problems produced) neither one is really focussed on these issues. The kind of fraud at issue is probably more in the bailiwick of the Federal Trade Commission and the International Trade Commission (when the original source is foreign), but probably most people affected by counterfeits are just returning products or eating the cost and not complaining to the FTC or the falsely-purported manufacturer (who, IIRC, would be the party in position to complain to the ITC).