inertia selling

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inertia selling

(Commerce) (in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them

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Translations

vendita per posta

References in periodicals archive ?

The directive covers: Information given to con-sumers; Cancellation rights; Preventing hidden costs; Delivery of goods, and Inertia selling.

New Consumer Rights Directive

QSL is run from Market Harborough, Leics, by director Gordon Hosie, 54, and company secretary David Hosie and is notching up furious online complaints for its sales tactics, known as inertia selling.

A FREE TRIAL? THAT WILL BE PS795, PLEASE; INVESTIGATE

In a move that smacks of inertia selling, Halifax says that certificates will be sent out automatically unless customers contact the bank to say they do not need them.