FTC Takes Decisive Action Against Amway
Agency alleges MLM misled recruits about earnings, pressured distributors to buy products and encouraged fake retail sales.
Vivid Seats Bait-and-Switch Scheme
In March 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed alleging that Vivid Seats uses a bait-and-switch scheme to lure consumers to buy tickets to concerts and sporting events by offering percentage discounts off of the original prices of tickets when, according to the plaintiffs, consumers who purchase these tickets actually pay the original price for them. (Derdiger et al v. Vivid Seats LLC, Case No. 19-cv-1904, N. D. IL.)
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How the Passport Courier Industry Deceives Consumers
TINA.org calls on regulators to crack down on rampant deceptive marketing among registered couriers.
Consumer Alert: Need a Passport? Read this first.
Think twice before paying a private passport courier.
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