Texas now joins the list of local government agencies that are cracking down on the "fraudulent" activities of some calling card companies, joining Florida, New York and New Jersey. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a complaint in Bexar county alleging that Houston based Next-G Communication, Inc. makes and knowingly distributes calling cards that do not deliver the advertised number of minutes to it's consumers.
State investigators tested the cards themselves and found that in just about every instance the phone cards failed to deliver the number of advertised minutes advertised on their point of sale posters! Most of the cards tested delivered only about 40% of the advertised minutes (the official state report)
The attorney General is seeking an injunction against these practices and is also seeking to levy a $20,000 fine.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Texas Attorney General Goes After Calling Card Company
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Kudos to the SAG in Texas. Lets see him go after more of these cheaters.
Last week the FTC filed another lawsuit this time against a bunch of distributor that carry DollarPhone products and private labels. (filed in US District Coutrt of FL, FTC vs Alternatel, et Al).
Slowly but surely the squeeze is coming. Time for all players, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAILERS to be honest and sell products that do not base their marketing on confusing and /or cheating their customers out of their hard earned cash!
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