PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Earlier this year Kathlene Kelley walked into a shop called Bee & Company along Northwest 23rd in Portland. She said she had no intention of buying any of their skin care products, but left with more than $5,000 in charges across two credit cards.

"When I got the receipt, it said no refunds. I felt sick," she told KOIN 6 News in May. "I thought how at my age at 67 years old could I let someone so take advantage of me? How did I let that happen? And I felt ashamed."

Kelley described feeling pressured to buy products just so she could leave the store, which caused a painful financial loss. She now realizes she is one of many women who have experienced this.

"I understand how embarrassed they must feel, how intimidated they must feel in coming forward," she said. "A

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