[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10951]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3484]

 

William E. Taylor and Susan L. Taylor, d/b/a Sandcastle 
Creations; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective 
Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, the Oregon-based 
respondents, who marketed potholders and mohair for use as doll's hair, 
from making any material misrepresentations regarding earnings or 
profits of participants in any work opportunity and from making 
misrepresentations about the marketplace demand for any product or 
service for which the respondents are offering a work opportunity. In 
addition, the order sets a $536,000 redress payment, however, based 
upon financial statements submitted by the respondents, the order 
suspends all redress payments, except for a $25,000 payment by the 
individual respondents in this matter.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued March 17, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Klurfeld or Gerald Wright, 
FTC/San Francisco Regional Office, 901 Market St., suite 570, San 
Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 744-7920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, January 5, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 587, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Sandcastle Creations, for the 
purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-10951 Filed 5-5-94; 8:45 am]
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