General Article Consumers

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Who is a consumer?

We all are because we are all users. We use goods and services every day. We need food, warmth and shelter. We travel on buses or trains, visit the doctor or dentist, go to the library, have a haircut, go to the cinema or watch television. At home we use energy in the form of gas, electricity, coal or oil. We expect clean, drinkable water from the tap. If we put out the dustbin we expect the local council's refuse collection service to pick it up and empty it. We demand ...

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