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This year, consumers have again encountered problems purchasing the widely popular UGG boots. We would this time like to bring consumers' attention to the online store www.uggbootseurope.com. Even though the website name suggests this is an online shop based within the EU, we have been informed – by The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES) - that the domain has actually been registered in China and that the website's network server is based in Panama.

The European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) launches the report “Online Cross-border Mystery Shopping - State of the e-Union” on 4 October 2011. The report reveals that in general consumers can be confident when shopping online across borders but it also shows obstacles that must be dealt with.

Na kaj morate paziti po nakupu.

Buying tickets for music and sporting events on the internet is now much less likely to end in tears, following a crackdown on problematic websites which sold tickets to non-existent events or which failed to explain whether the buyer would get a refund or not, if the event was cancelled.