2024-03-25 04:14:00
the essentials During the last general assembly of UFC-Que Choisir Aveyron, the departmental and regional president, Jean-Marc Giacolone, highlighted the various actions of the association.
Cars purchased at low prices that break down, prices displayed on supermarket shelves that are not applied at checkout, flights canceled following the health crisis… The UFC-Que Choisir is an association for the defense of consumers, in its amicable interventions with opposing parties, do not lack work. In terms of activities, the association is even the first at national and European level and the fifth globally.
In Aveyron, the same disputes recur every year. This concerns commercial services, energy suppliers, telephone operators, real estate, automobiles, insurance, etc.
And since September 2023, the big news is fake bank advisors. Jean-Marc Giacolone, president of UFC Aveyron and UFC Occitanie, recommends “never giving your codes to anyone, calling your banker in the event of suspicious calls and checking his accounts every day. These scams will continue in 2024. “We have already had 4-5 calls from consumers who have been tricked since January. This continues despite warnings from the banks,” he continues.
During the last general assembly of the departmental branch, this Wednesday, Jean-Marc Giacolone also advised “to favor short circuits to avoid possible problems on the internet and to consume in French companies preferably, because it is complicated to succeed with foreign companies.
In view of the activity, for the year 2024, the UFC-Que Choisir Aveyron intends in particular to continue the permanence in Saint-Affrique on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, and to resume the conference-debates to prevent scams from the second trimester.
The association, always looking for additional volunteers and investigators, will be present at the association forum on September 21 and 22 in Rodez. An agreement might also be established with the national gendarmerie. “The gendarmerie only deals with criminal matters and can refer people to us for problems related to consumption,” concludes Jean-Marc Giacolone.
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