The Controversy Of Consumer Protection Laws

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America is a capitalist society. Everyone wants to live the American dream. In our quest to be successful business owners, we engage in a lot of practice that sometimes can be illegal. The consumer protection law protects consumers to some extent from door to door sales. It tries to protect consumers who might buy product due to undue pressure. Henry Cheesman states that to protect consumer from ill-advised decision, many states have enacted laws that give the consumer a certain number of days to rescind a door-to-door sales contract. The usual period is three days. The consumer must send a required notice of cancellation of contract within the stipulated time (Business Law, Legal Environment Online Commerce, business Ethics, and International

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