| Super： | The Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 Wrongly Accepting Payment | |
| Smart Eye： | The Trade Descriptions Ordinance! Beware of Wrongly Accepting Payment. | |
| Female Tutor： | It’s so amazing that the cupcake workshop is so popular. In two weeks, 6,000 coupons were sold on the Group Purchase website. But the coupons are just valid for 2 months. How should we deal with the over subscription? | |
| Boss： | Who would turn down customers? Don’t worry! A lot of people would forget about the coupons they bought. They won’t come to the class. | |
| Super： | A week later… | |
| Young Woman： | I want to make a booking for two people next week… | |
| Boss： | Sorry, the class is full. | |
| Young Woman： | When will there be vacancies then? | |
| Boss： | Actually classes for the coming 2 months are all full. | |
| Young Woman： | What? My coupon will be expired then. | |
| Smart Eye： | Tips from Smart Eye When a trader accepts payments for a product, if he intends not to supply it or there are no reasonable grounds for believing that he will be able to supply it within the specified period or a reasonable period, it may constitute the offence of wrongly accepting payment. Be a smart consumer! To learn more, please visit the website. | |
| Super： | Enhanced protection for consumers Shop with peace of mind www.consumer.org.hk/unfair_trade_practices Complaints and Enquiry Consumer Council: (852) 2929 2222 Reporting Hotlines Customs and Excise Department: (852) 2545 6182 Office of the Communications Authority: (852) 2961 6333 (on broadcasting and telecommunications services) |
