Door-to-door Sales Regulation: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1599...Committee Serial No. 90-63. Considers S. 1599, to allow a consumer 24 hours in which to cancel a purchase from a door-to-door salesman. |
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advertising Association attorney believe Better Business Bureau business day buyer C. H. Stuart camera Chairman complaints CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consumer protection consumer sale contract cooling-off period cost D.C. DEAR SENATOR dealers DEAR SENATOR MAGNUSON direct selling companies direct selling industry discriminatory Door Sales Act Door-to-Door Sales Act door-to-door salesmen effect encyclopedias engaged February 27 Federal Trade Commission firms freezer give home improvement installment legitimate magazines manufacturers March 21 merchandise operate payments peddler person place of business practices President problem purchase received regulations representatives rescind retail sales right to cancel salesman seller Senate Bill 1599 Senate Commerce Committee Senate Office Building Senator BREWSTER Senator WARREN signed sold solicitation statute sumer tion Traid transactions Tupperware U.S. Senate unethical WARREN G WARREN MAGNUSON Washington West Bend Company
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Page 91 - The court in such action shall, in addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, allow a reasonable attorney's fee to be paid by the defendant, and costs of the action.
Page 283 - Act of 1938, which is administered by the Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 92 - It is hereby declared that it is the express intent of Congress to supersede any and all laws of the States or political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter provide for the labeling of the net quantity of contents of the package of any consumer commodity covered by this...
Page 197 - So the last thing in the world we want to do is to indict a great industry.
Page 158 - In which the seller or his representative personally solicits the sale, Including those In response to or following an Invitation by the buyer, and the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the seller.
Page 238 - buyer" means a person who buys goods or obtains services from a retail seller in a retail installment sale and not principally for the purpose of resale. [1959 ch 201 § 1.] Cal Forms-23:2, 23:22. §1802.5. ["Retail installment sale
Page 5 - Sec. 16. (a) Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of section 15 shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000, or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this subsection except for an offense committed after the conviction of such person for a prior offense under this subsection.
Page 89 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Consumer Sales Act".
Page 89 - State" includes each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and American Samoa. (9) "Interstate commerce...
Page 73 - ... business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with this Part.