Consumer protection refers to the laws designed to aid retail consumers of goods and services that have been improperly manufactured, delivered, performed, handled, or described. Such laws provide the retail consumer with additional protections and remedies not generally provided to merchants and others who engage in business transactions, on the premise that the consumers do not enjoy a sufficient bargaining position with respect to the businessmen with whom they deal and therefore should not be strictly limited by the legal rules that govern recovery for damages among businessmen. The overarching goal is to protect individuals and the interest of the public in general from unfair and misleading activity in business and commerce (such as false advertising and deceptive trade practices) and scams perpetrated by criminals (such as identity theft and pyramid schemes) that harm a substantial number of consumers.
East Point is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community's first settlers were the Greer and Auxier families, who had both abandoned Blockhouse Bottom. The first post office was originally established in Floyd County on February 6, 1871, but was moved to Johnson County in 1877. It's current ZIP code is 41216. East Point is located at an elevation of 623 feet.