Are There Many Consumer Rights? Consumer rights are is all about making sure that when something is bought, lost, stolen or found, or a service has been paid for and has not been provided, that the consumer has some basic rights that will protect them. The law says that when buying goods they should be of satisfactory quality, must be fit for the purpose they made for, and match their description. Today in the whole world many countries offer consumer rights where as some don’t which gives the consumer except accepting the product or service. There are many consumer rights especially in United States. This could be seen by the consumer rights offered and the protection granted by federal laws to consumers. This could be also supported by the lawsuits filed by different consumers. There are many rights of consumers like consumers are allowed to cancel a contract or purchase the claim back the money if it is more than Dollar Fifty. Some of the rights include that “Misrepresentation is illegal” (What). Deliveries must be done on time or the consumer has the right to cancel the order if it does not arrive within 30 days. Consumers have the right to get a refund if you paid with your credit card if there is a billing error or charges for something that has not been shipped. Consumers’ also have the right to cancel the sale if a person went with sales person’s suggestion but was not satisfied with the product. Many consumers changed to a different network for their cell phones because of the rising prices. “Consumers should be given a complete explanation and demonstration of the product” (Consumer R. & D. S.). “There is a high level of consumer concern regarding security and privacy, particularly when using new services or technologies” (Many). The Federal law protects the consumers in many ways like “According to the Federal Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation rule the stores must ship, telephone, mail, fax an internet order within 30 days” (Know). Some people might be surprised but, “Consumers have a right under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to request that the debt collector stop calling them” (Ambrose). Federal law also says that “the Federal Retail Food Store Rule requires grocers to provide rain checks on advertised items or to substitute an equal products if it wasn’t stated that the quantities are limited” (Consumer). The Federal also gives a law on warranty that is that according to “the Uniformal Commercial Code, adopted by most states, says that most new product does not only come with express warranties, but also with implied warranty of merchantability” (Consumer). "Under federal law, anyone who receives something of value to endorse a product must disclose that fact to a broadcaster, which is then required to inform its audience. Failure to do so can bring a fine of up to $10,000 and a one-year prison sentence. In practice, however, the law is rarely enforced." There had been many lawsuits by consumers which had been pretty much rewarding especially in United States. Heather Peters filed a lawsuit against Honda Motor Co. over the Honda Civic Hybrid failure to deliver its stated fuel economy. Heather was awarded a small bond of $9,867. Heather also told that “if all the 200,000 owner of Honda Civic Hybrid file a law suit against Honda it will cost Honda Motor Co. almost $2 Billion” (Deutsch). A woman wins $4 billion for a lawsuit against Dell for not giving services that Dell promised to give for purchasing the protection plan for the laptop. Many people also filed a lawsuit against BMW for their 2006-07 BMW 3-Series as the tires of this car were wearing out between 10,000 to 30,000 miles. So BMW decided that all owners of 2006-07 BMW 3-Series get reimbursement if the tires wear between 10,000 to 30,000 miles. These lawsuits were pretty much rewarding and it could be seen that how much consumer rights are protected. Consumer rights are important as they give a right to a consumer to raise a voice against something that the consumer doesn’t like or is not happy with. Consumer rights should be given to everyone in the world and also be provided in the countries where there are no consumer rights.