the.com/consumer protection
the referee ensuring 'buyer beware' doesn't mean 'buyer gets robbed.'
means a body of laws and agencies designed to stop businesses from lying to, cheating, or exploiting the people who buy from them.
from emerged in force in the early 1900s after industrialization let companies scale scams as fast as products, cementing itself in the u.s. with agencies like the ftc in 1914 and exploding again in the 1960s consumer rights movement led by figures like ralph nader.
nader effectunsafe at any speed led to seatbelt laws
cooling off rulelets you cancel some purchases within 3 days
lemon lawsnamed for cars, cover more than cars
global patchworkprotections vary wildly, eu leads, some countries lag badly