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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over opt-ins to extra services

A row of washing machines for sale. (Alamy/PA) -

Marks Electrical must refund almost 40,000 customers and pay a £720,000 fine after it automatically opted customers into extra services without their agreement, the competition watchdog said.

The retailer will pay affected customers an average of £15 each – totalling around £600,000 – after it automatically signed them up to either its “Recycle Old Appliance” or “Unwrap & Recycle Packaging” service, or both.

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