- Deceptive advertisements mislead the consumer due to the urge to sell
- Goes against the values of the society
- Leads to wrong prioritization-goods and service bought do not satisfy most important needs
- Inferior quality of goods and services-products bought does not perform all the expectation of the consumer
- Can lead to impulse buying-buying something one had not planned to buy
- Can lead to overspending-buying beyond ones means
- Goods are bought before comparing prices