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  • Buying goods & Services
    Buying goods & Services 
If you have purchased goods or services that have turned out to be defective or not as expected, then visit this page and find out your rights.
  • Shopping Online
    Shopping Online
Cross-border shopping is now really popular thanks to the internet, what can you do when there is a problem with goods or services purchased online and what should you be aware of?
  • Timeshare & Holiday Clubs
    Timeshare & Holiday Clubs
Information on Timeshares and your rights to a cooling off period, reselling of your Timeshare, and a look at the difference between Timeshares and Holiday Clubs.
  • Internet Auctions
    Internet Auctions 
Online auctions can be a great way to get a bargain, visit this page to discover your rights when bidding and buying on an Internet auction. 
  • Cars
    Cars
 Find out your legal rights when purchasing a car.
  • Scams
    Scams
This page will provide information on how to spot a scam, how they work, general advice to avoid them, and how to report them.
  • Air travel
    Air travel 
If you are seeking information on baggage that has been lost, delayed or damaged or your flight has been cancelled, delayed, overbooked or you were denied boarding then visit this page.
  • Package Holiday
    Package Holiday
A package holiday is any combination of flights, accommodations and excursions.  If you have had a holiday that was not as expected then read our advice.
  • International mobile roaming
    International mobile roaming
Information on the EU Regulations for International Mobile Roaming and what Roaming is.
  • Banking
    Banking
What rights consumers have when they are completing cross border payments using the Euro.

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Have you been treated fairly?  Do you know what an unfair practice is?  For the answers to these questions visit our Unfair Commercial Practices Directive page for information and a list of banned practices.

  


 

If you regularly shop online or just about to for the first time it may be beneficial to visit Howard the ECC-Nets online shopping assistant, Meet Howard - your online shopping assistant

 


 

The UK European Consumer Centre has available a free newsletter, “UK ECC – your update”. The aim of the newsletter is to provide you, the consumer, with a flavour of what the UK ECC does, provide examples of cases we have been working on and, more importantly, provide you with the best advice on cross-border shopping.

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