Updated: December 17, 2020, 8:33 am
Mark McGinty, Highland Council Trading Standards team leader
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Residents in IV postcodes are being warned that door-to-door salesmen are in the area, selling alarm systems or other products.
Highland Council’s trading standards team is investigating complaints from Moray Park residents that salesmen, claiming to represent ADT Home Security, have been going door to door saying that Inverness has seen an increase in housebreaking.
Updated: 15/12/2020, 11:29 am
Scammers are hoping to take advantage of the increased number of people shopping online.
A campaign to help people avoid the pitfalls of online shopping has been launched as more and more Scots turn to the internet for their Christmas gifts.
Advice Direct Scotland’s Digital Xmas campaign is giving out pointers to consumers when it comes to their rights around delayed deliveries, counterfeit goods, returns, refunds and product safety.
More people than ever have gone online for their Christmas shopping because of the ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
Furniture and clothing are likely to be the main issues that Scots want advice on.
Online campaign will help Scots shop more securely By Calum MacLeod
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Updated: 11:14, 15 December 2020
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Colin Matheson of Advice Direct Scotland.
With more Scots consumers expected to go online for their Christmas shopping this year, Advice Direct Scotland is launching a new service to help avoid falling prey to scammer sites or shoddy service.
The Digital Xmas campaign points shoppers in the right direction when it comes to their rights around delayed deliveries, counterfeit goods, returns, refunds and product safety.
Furniture and clothing are likely to be the main issues that Scots want advice on. During last monthâs National Consumer Week, around 40 per cent of contacts to Advice Direct Scotland s consumeradvice.scot site were about furniture and homeware, while a third of queries related to clothing and footwear.