Discuss the ways in which critics accuse marketing of harming the consumer

What will be an ideal response?

Marketers are charged with causing prices to be higher than they need to be. They are sometimes accused of deceptive practices that lead consumers to believe they will get more value than they actually do. Sometimes salespeople pressure consumers to purchase products they neither want nor can afford. Others are accused of selling shoddy or unsafe products. Others are blamed for developing products that become obsolete before they actually need replacement. Last, marketers are accused of delivering poor service to disadvantaged consumers or not making products available to them.