[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15895-15896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8491]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Dkt. C-3698]


Budget Marketing, Inc., et al.; 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, an Iowa-
based telemarketer of magazine subscriptions and 11 of its dealers from 
misrepresenting either that they are selling magazines or the cost and 
conditions of the subscriptions they are selling. The consent order 
also prohibits the respondents from: threatening and harassing 
consumers in order to collect payments; failing to honor offers that 
allow cancellation; and

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violating the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued December 13, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Koman, FTC/S-4302, Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-3014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Friday, October 11, 1996, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 53378, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Budget Marketing, Inc., et 
al., 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. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 
Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45, 1693 et seq.; 12 CFR 205)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8491 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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