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The danger of “camouflaged” Swiss online stores

Danger "camouflaged" swiss online stores: This article explores the topic in depth.

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The Alemanic Consumer Protection Foundation (SKS) warns on Friday against certain online stores that pretend to be Swiss companies. Meanwhile, Although these websites have the extension “.ch”, they sell Chinese “camera”. In addition,

(Keystone-ATS) In the event of a problem with the goods shipped, the operators of these shops do not react to letters, denounces the SKS in a press release. Therefore, Contact data is often false, as is customer assessments and opinions.

In addition to being danger “camouflaged” swiss online stores expensive, returns to China are generally blocked in customs. The purchase price is therefore not reimbursed. The protection of Swiss consumer is about “camouflaged” companies which. according to the press release, are active in particular on social networks like Tiktok and Instagram. They sell for example clothes, furniture and everyday objects.

On her website. the Foundation has put online a list of sites which, according to her, violate the law against unfair competition.

Complaints

The protection of Swiss consumer intervened with 17 operators of such websites. Nine of them adapted their site where it has removed from the network. Eight others did not react to these interventions, which prompted the foundation to file a criminal complaint against them.

The State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO) must now act against these illegal suppliers. ensure that fraudulent shops are quickly removed from the network. Swiss consumer protection qualifies this phenomenon of “dropshipping”.

The State Secretariat danger “camouflaged” swiss online stores welcomes the initiative

Questioned on Friday. the State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO) said that it greeted the initiative for the protection of Swiss consumer. He also says he knows similar cases of “dropshipping”. “SECO closely follows this phenomenon,” says his press service.

According to federal law against unfair competition, the Confederation may intervene insofar as collective interests are concerned, continues the Seco. “The people concerned can also contact SECO”.

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