Q.Who is a Consumer ?

A consumer is a person who buys goods or avails services for a consideration for personal use (including an authorised user), excluding purchases meant for resale or commercial purpose.

Under the consumer protection law in the Tamil Nadu HSC Commerce syllabus, a consumer means:

• Any person who buys any goods for a consideration that has been paid, promised, or partly paid and partly promised, and includes any user of such goods (other than the buyer) when used with the approval of the buyer.
• Any person who hires or avails of any service for a consideration, and includes any beneficiary of such service used with the approval of the person who hired it. …