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Cindy Cox said she thought she was making a good purchase through an online retailer, Accessory Outlet, when she tried to order a LifeProof phone case.
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Cox wanted to buy the LifeProof case for her iPhone 5S, which can sell for up $90 on LifeProof website. On Accessory Outlet website, a case claiming to be made by LifeProof was much cheaper.
was for $39.94, and I thought, that a good deal, Cox said.
Cox quickly realized it may not be a good deal after all. The case never arrived and her credit card had already been charged.
Cox sent an e mpatagonia guide pants 83486ail toAccessory Outlet.
said you do not send it right away, I will call my credit card company and I will dispute it because I done it before and I know my rights as a consumer. That when he started threatening me with the $250 fine for disputing them, Cox said.
After some e mails back and forth with the company, Cox finally received the case. It was fake.
was cheap plastic something you might get your kid to play with a phone or something, Cox said.
Again, Cox reached out to the company via e mail about the quality of thehigh quality patagonia bags product, but they weren responding.
Coxdid someresearch and discovpatagonia guide pants 834860ered that Accessory Outlet was not accredited with the Better Business Bureau and had an F rating. She also learned that the badges from Angie List and the BBB on the company website were fake.
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The whole situation concerned Cox. Eventually, Accessory Outlet responded to Cox e mail. It included even more threats. At one point the company wrote, .
started getting really scared. Can people really do this? Cox said.
Some companies try to put non dispute or non disparaging clauses in their fine print. They want to protect themselves from consumers who go onlinpatagonia discount code jpe and say something that can hurt their business. However, there are defamation laws in place that won let people publish lies about a company. In this case, Cox only sent e mails and her complaint was legitimate. The attorney representing her is Scott Michelman.
Public Citizen litigation group has filed a civil lawsuit on Cindy Cox behalf against Accessory Outlet
this case, we got the retail store, Accessory Outlet, really bullying Miss Cox by saying, playing games with the wrong people or making a bpatagonia everlong review venusig mistake, Michelman said.
Accessory Outlet website shut down the day the case was filed. Since then, Public Citizen and FOX6 Contact 6 have been unable to reach the company. But, that not stopping Public Citizen from moving forward.
thpatagonia guide jacket clipartis does nothing but send a message to this company that they can engage in these types of tactics without paying some sort of price, either by public relations or having to take their sites dopatagonia guide pants 834861wn, we will have done some good here, Michelman said.
Cox is happy her case is getting heard and hopes that everyone can learn something from her experience.
have rights. Don just sit there and take that from people, Cox said.
You can be proactive the next time you make an online purchase. If you are concerned or questioning an online retailer research the company even if you see badges from places like the BBB or Angie List. It wise to cross reference those with the organpatagonia long underwear closeoutizations websites to make sure they are legitimate.
