DTI warns public of house to house selling practices
Posted on | Monday 14 March 2011 | No Comments
by Andrew Doga-ong
BONTOC, Mt. Province, Tuesday March 15 - The Department of Trade and Industry cautioned the consuming public here to beware of the house-to- house selling practices of some businessmen.
DTI officer-in-charge Juliet Lucas said they are intensifying their information campaign against the proliferation of these house to house selling services of businessmen without the necessary permit from the DTI.
Lucas said there is the risk of buying the products sold by these of kind of businessmen as their prices might be excessively high, the products might be of inferior quality, and buyers are not assured of the warranty and may not be able to return defective products once the seller leaves.
She added that because many are engaged in the house to house selling, DTI might be hard up identifying the businessman to run after in case there will be consumer complaints.
The DTI head said there were businessmen usually from other regions who went to secure business permit or the Home Solicitation Sales Permit from DTI but were denied because they don’t have business registration, they don’t have Official Receipt and their products don’t have the PS or ICC markings to indicate the good quality of their products.
Lucas advised the consuming public to always ask these house to house sellers to show their business registration and Home Solicitation Sales Permit issued by DTI, if not, to totally refrain from buying in this mode of selling.
One modus operandi of these businessmen is to come to your household, some posing as government employees requesting to inspect your Liquified Petroleum Gas tanks after which they offer gadgets or products that is supposedly will lower gas consumption, Lucas said. * (PIA – CAR/Mt. Province)
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