Trading Standards Institute

At last. . .a one-stop shop (or in this case, web site) for consumers to learn everything they need to know about consumer law and their rights under it. No longer do you have to accept shoddy workmanship or goods that are not fit. Just look on this free site, copy the legislation and amaze the unhelpful trader with your vast knowledge. The web site is maintained by the Trading Standards Institute, whose aims include ". . .promoting excellence and enhancing the professionalism of members in support of informing consumers, encouraging honest businesses and targeting rogue traders". Sound good ... more

At www.tradingstandards.gov.uk, is instant online help for any queries, issues and difficulties that you may be receiving from services, retailers that is within your consumer rights. I personally had not heard of trading standards and was so afraid of it being complicated and worried that I would have hassles with solicitors, that I would always try my own methods of solving a purchase problem that is not at all satisfactory. However I assumed they might have an online service, which I found through google, which made the issue a little less daunting to deal with. The first time Courts had ... more