A new study reveals that faulty goods or services cost Irish consumers almost €1 billion a year, with about 1.6 million adults experiencing problems with their purchases. Home products and tools are most likely to have faults, according to the study.
Home products and tools are most likely to have faults, with 13 per cent of people reporting problems with such goods. Faulty goods or services cost Irish consumers almost €1 billion a year while about 1.6 million adults have problems with something they bought over the last 12 months, a new study finds., 39 per cent of people told a survey they had complaints about something they bought, costing them money, time or stress. “This works out as roughly 1.
6 million of the total adult population of Ireland,” says the commission in its report, Understanding Consumer Detriment in Ireland, published on Monday. Based on that, commission staff calculate that the most serious problems cost Irish people €968 million a year, about six cent in every €10 of the €162 billion total that the Republic’s shoppers spend annually.Bear Grylls: ‘I’m a very proud Irish citizen. Since Brexit, the connection has saved the day’Home products and tools are most likely to have faults, with 13 per cent of people reporting problems with these good
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