“Buyer Beware” is harder than it used to be
January 13th, 2006,In a Flash, Camera Dealers Feel the Web’s Wrath - New York Times
Keeping track of the companies has been a challenge, Mr. Barbera said, because they shift identities, shedding each Web site as it gains a bad reputation.
Without evidence of outright fraud, law enforcement agencies have largely declined to pursue criminal charges. This year, the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, mediated four complaints against Price Rite and referred two to the city Department of Consumer Affairs.