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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 932233, member: 1262"]Can An Establishment Get Into Legal Trouble For Misrepresenting Antiques?</p><p><br /></p><p>Found this situation interesting. There is a flea market business in a touristy area of Ohio that purports to be a place where "real" antiques are bought and sold and even has "antiques" in the name of their business. In reality these antiques are truckloads of loads of fakes, reproductions, and replicas sourced from overseas along with a bunch of other imported goods marketed to tourists.</p><p><br /></p><p>This flea market charges an admission fee in the form of a parking charge. The fee is nominal but I think the practice of luring people in, profiting from an admission fee, and then pulling a bait and switch is very unethical and maybe even illegal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tourists seem to overall like the place and I don't think that many realize they have been swindled although a few do and post very negative reviews online. Business is apparently booming and this place has expanded several times in the past decade. It is a shame that all of this success is built on false advertising and imported trinkets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 932233, member: 1262"]Can An Establishment Get Into Legal Trouble For Misrepresenting Antiques? Found this situation interesting. There is a flea market business in a touristy area of Ohio that purports to be a place where "real" antiques are bought and sold and even has "antiques" in the name of their business. In reality these antiques are truckloads of loads of fakes, reproductions, and replicas sourced from overseas along with a bunch of other imported goods marketed to tourists. This flea market charges an admission fee in the form of a parking charge. The fee is nominal but I think the practice of luring people in, profiting from an admission fee, and then pulling a bait and switch is very unethical and maybe even illegal. The tourists seem to overall like the place and I don't think that many realize they have been swindled although a few do and post very negative reviews online. Business is apparently booming and this place has expanded several times in the past decade. It is a shame that all of this success is built on false advertising and imported trinkets. Your thoughts? [I][/I][/QUOTE]
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