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The Consumer and Their Rights: Returns, Warranties, Online Scams

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About this course

This course is designed for anyone who buys goods or services, both online and offline. You will learn about your fundamental rights regarding returns and warranties, and how to recognize common scams. Through practical modules and targeted exercises, you will be guided step-by-step through complaint procedures. An AI-powered tool will help you draft effective communications for your requests.

Course contents

6 modules · 30 lessons · 3h 1m

1 Foundations of Conscious Consumption
Understand who the consumer is and the basic rules of the market. 5 lessons · 30 min
  1. Welcome: Become an Informed Consumer
    An introduction to the course objectives and the importance of knowing your rights.    5 min
  2. The Consumer Code: Your Protection
    What the Consumer Code is and why it is your primary defense in Italy.    6 min
  3. Online vs. Offline: What Changes?
    Fundamental legal differences between buying in a physical store and on the internet.    7 min
  4. Seller Transparency Obligations
    What information the seller is legally required to provide before a purchase.    6 min
  5. Pre-Purchase Checklist
    A quick checklist to avoid problems before you pay.    6 min
2 The Right of Withdrawal (Returns)
Learn how to return a product correctly and obtain a refund. 5 lessons · 30 min
  1. What is the Right of Withdrawal?
    The right to change your mind without having to provide an explanation.    6 min
  2. Timelines: The 14-Day Rule
    How to correctly calculate the period allowed for exercising the right of withdrawal.    6 min
  3. Exceptions to Withdrawal
    Which products cannot be returned (e.g., personalized or sealed goods).    7 min
  4. How to Ship a Return
    Shipping responsibilities and ensuring the item remains intact during transport.    6 min
  5. Getting a Refund
    The timeframe and methods the seller must use to return your money.    5 min
3 Warranties: When a Product is Defective
Distinguish between legal and commercial warranties and know how to activate them. 5 lessons · 30 min
  1. The 2-Year Legal Warranty
    The right to repair or replacement for lack of conformity.    6 min
  2. What is a Lack of Conformity?
    Understanding if a product issue is covered by the warranty.    6 min
  3. Repair or Replacement?
    The first two remedies available to consumers and how to choose between them.    6 min
  4. Price Reduction and Contract Termination
    What to do if repair is impossible or excessively expensive.    6 min
  5. Commercial vs. Legal Warranty
    Do not confuse the manufacturer's warranty with the seller's mandatory legal warranty.    6 min
4 Online Safety and Scams
Develop a critical eye to avoid digital traps. 5 lessons · 30 min
  1. Anatomy of a Fake Website
    Red flags for identifying fraudulent e-commerce sites.    7 min
  2. Phishing and Smishing
    How to protect yourself from messages designed to steal credit card data.    6 min
  3. Secure Payments
    Why you should use PayPal or prepaid cards and what to avoid at all costs.    6 min
  4. The Deception of Reviews
    How to distinguish authentic reviews from those that are purchased or generated.    5 min
  5. What to Do if You've Been Scammed
    Blocking cards, reporting to the Postal Police, and chargeback procedures.    6 min
5 Complaint Procedures and Artificial Intelligence
Write effective legal communications using AI. 6 lessons · 37 min
  1. Anatomy of an Effective Complaint
    The essential elements that must be included in a dispute letter.    6 min
  2. PEC and Registered Mail: Legal Value
    Why standard email is often insufficient for formal complaints.    5 min
  3. AI: Your Legal Assistant
    An introduction to using ChatGPT or similar tools to draft complaint letters.    7 min
  4. Prompts for the Perfect Complaint
    How to provide the right instructions to AI to obtain a professional text.    7 min
  5. Critical Review of AI Output
    Checking that the AI hasn't 'hallucinated' non-existent laws.    6 min
  6. Conciliation and ADR
    What to do if the seller ignores the complaint: mediation bodies.    6 min
6 Practical Workshop
Apply knowledge to simulated real-world cases. 4 lessons · 24 min
  1. Exercise: The Package That Never Arrived
    Simulating a complaint for the non-delivery of an online purchase.    6 min
  2. Exercise: The Broken Smartphone
    Simulating a request for assistance under the legal warranty.    6 min
  3. Exercise: Unsolicited Subscription
    How to cancel a service activated by mistake or through deception.    6 min
  4. Your Survival Kit
    A summary of the templates and useful links saved during the course.    6 min
Final project

Operation Flawless Complaint

Choose a real or hypothetical problem (a denied return or a defective product). Use an AI tool to generate a formal complaint letter, select the correct delivery channel, and prepare the supporting documentation.

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  • ⚡ Short & focused
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Lessons completed 14 / 14
Practice questions 26 / 28
Assignments submitted 4 (avg 4.5 / 5)
Capstone project Reviewed — 4.6 / 5
Total practice 6.2 hrs
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Time to completion 11 days (median: 22)
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Practice-question score 94%
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