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1 case
11 Jun 2026 GEO Store Co., Ltd. (株式会社ゲオストア)GEO Store: order over a sham deadline in a smartphone buy-back promotion Order
GEO Store advertised, among other channels on the official GEO account on X, for example from 12 May to 8 June 2025, a 10% bonus on buy-back prices for used smartphones and tablets that was said to apply only until a certain date. In fact, the same or higher bonuses were available afterwards; the investigation was conducted jointly with the Chubu office of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC, 公正取引委員会).
Time-limited promotions must actually end – a deadline after which the offer continues unchanged creates artificial time pressure.
Time-limited offers and artificial urgency
- Authority / court
- Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, CAA)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 7 Abs. 1 i. V. m. Art. 5 Nr. 2 Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法, Gesetz Nr. 134/1962)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 11 Jun 2026
- 株式会社ゲオストアに対する景品表示法に基づく措置命令について (Eintrag, 11.06.2026) Press release of an authority
- News Release 11.06.2026 mit Maßnahmenanordnung 消表対第484号 (PDF) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link