European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Consumer watch say photo m Gui san Wulw armchair shopping stories by Mary Neth consumer editor shopping by mail can be fun an convenient. Thumbing through a sales analog choosing merchandise and sending Oft an order can beat pushing your Way through crowded stores and getting caught in Rush hour Rajlic. For families overseas with Dollar incomes that keep sinking in value buying through . Mail order Cata logs also can be a Way to save Money. Most mail order dealers rely on repeal business and Are eager to provide fast shipment and Quality merchandise. Following Are the names of some Cata logs that can help you gel started on a shopping by mail venture. Generally once a person orders one Type of Catalon his or her name lands on a mail order Lisl. Soon you la Start receiving All sorts of Cata logs. The names of the Cata logs listed were Given by readers. 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Ii you Are dealing with . Catalon companies Lake heart. The Federal Trade commission Etc mail order1. Rule can provide Protection. The Rule was issued the Correct growing problems Ullh late or undelivered mail order merchandise alter thousands of consumer complaints had been received by Federal stale and local consumer Protection authorities. For example one consumer wrote about Christmas decorations she ordered in Early october hat were finally shipped the Day before Christmas. The consumer had written the company twice about her order the second time requesting a refund. Both inquiries were ignored. " another consumer complained about a company that failed to Send a stereo component he ordered with payment in july. By late october the Only communication he received from the company was his cancelled Check. The Etc received 3,200 similar consumer complaints prior to pulling the mail order Rule into effect in february 1976.v under this me you have the Righo know Wien you can expect merchandise to be shipped. If an and or brochure says that the manufacturer who Rush your sewing kit to you in less than a week for example the manufacturer must ship it to you within that Lime. If to Date in stated by the seller you have the right to have your merchandise shipped id you within 30 the seller Doss not ship your merchandise within he stated Lime or within 30 Days you have the right to cancel your order. If the seller can t ship the merchandise to you in the stated Lime or within 30 Days he must give you the Chance it cancel your order and get an your Money Back. The seller must notify you of a delay and give you a free Means to reply for example a postage paid postcard. Ii the shipping delay la 30 Days or teas you have the right to cancel the order and get your Money Back the right to agree to the new snipping Dale or the right not to answer. If you Don t answer the setter can assume you agree to the shipping delay. If the shipping delay is More than 30 Days you Musl give your express consent to the delay. Otherwise the seller must return your Money at the end of the first 30 Days of he delay. Vou have the right to gel All your Money Back it you cancel the seller must mail your refund to you within seven business Days after you cancel your Purchase. Where there is a credit Sale the seller has one Billing Cycle to adjust your account the Rule Doe not apply to services Tike mail order photo finishing Magazine subscriptions serial deliveries except for the initial shipment mail order seeds and growing plants collect on delivery orders and credit orders where the buyer s account is not charged prior to shipment of the merchandise. It the mail order dealer does not comply with the Rule As outlined write to the dealer erect by. Ii you Don t gel results outline the acts with copies of a advertisement if possible in a Short Tetter to director Bureau of consumer Protection mop Federal Trade commission Washington . 20560 if a company is violating the mail order Rule it runs the risk of being sued. The commission evaluates Many criteria to determine whether an action is in the Public interest. The Etc provides that a person partnership or corporation May be liable Lor civil penalties of up to $10.000 per violation. In addition the Etc can sue Lor consumer redress . The stars and stripes
