Wayfair among firms fined millions for misleading sales tactics
News Source : BBC News
News Summary
- Wayfair fined £4.8m for misleading customers with time-limited offers.
- Appliances Direct fined £1.2m for the same practice, the Competition Markets Authority said.
- Gold's Gym fined £45,000 for not telling customers the total price of its memberships.
- Both firms have been ordered to refund customers a total of £440,000.
- Wayfair said the penalty was "excessive" but that "we take the CMA's findings seriously and we chose to settle so we can continue to focus on serving our customers"
Wayfair is among three firms which have been fined 6m in total by the competition watchdog over misleading sales tactics with some customers set to receive refunds.
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