Ways by which consumer are exploited : 

(i) Production of spurious goods : Spurious goods means goods which are claimed to be genuine but they are actually not so. It may sometimes happen that traders sell fake or duplicate goods in the name of genuine goods. 

(ii) Poor quality of products : The traders may cheat the consumers by degrading the quality of the product and selling those in the market like expired products, defective items, etc.

(iii) False weight and measures: The goods being sold in the market are sometimes not measured or weighted correctly. 

(iv) Selling goods at a higher price: Very often traders charge high price from their consumers than the prescribed retail price. 

(v) Selling second hand goods as brand new goods: Many traders exploit the consumers by selling second hand goods as brand new goods. The quality of these goods is no longer in the same condition as it was when transferred to the current consumer. 

(vi) Creating false impression on consumer through sales strategy: Many times traders create false impression on consumers through sales strategies like after sales service. The suppliers do not provide after sale service which dissatisfies the consumers.