Feds Close regime greeting card
The Federal Trade Commission, consumer fraud charges Mid-South Distributors, which indicates that companies and its president, Thomas E. Richardson, the potential for false results, and consumers. The FTC also alleged Richardson did not disclose the documents to the buyer, as necessary.
The settlement bars the businessman from false allegations of results, with shills, and despise the profitability of secure sites in the future, and it prohibits the violation of the article or franchise Business Opportunity rule.
The FTC said his candidacy Richardson display greeting card Working business opportunities in small ads in local newspapers and said that customers can earn as much as $ 65000 per year. With its headquarters in Florence, Alabama, he sold distributorships in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Kentucky.
Richardson promised that potential buyers for an investment of $ 8500 or more, they receive everything they need a business: an initial inventory of greeting cards, display racks for cards and profitable sites, where he allegedly cards and racks for the purchaser.
According to the FTC, consumers never earned anything close to the income they were promised. The Commission argues that in almost all cases, consumers at least $ 100 per month. The highest profitability returned to the buyer $ 2006 for the whole year through investments in 20 sites. In addition, Richardson often do not offer our customers the number of sites promise to integrate their message.
Normally, the sites offer, it is not in high traffic areas, and has made some sales of greeting card for consumers. In addition, the FTC accused Richardson, who is not an element required by the rule of the franchise.
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