Postage Stamp Service Bureau, Inc

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IN THE MATTER OF POSTAGE STAMP SERVICE BUREAU, INC., ET AL: CONSENT ORDER IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket C-2430. Complaint, August 14, 1978—Decision, August 14, 1978. Consent order requiring a Las Vegas, Nevada, seller and distributor of postage stamp vending machines, among other things to cease misrepresenting the earnings and profits derived from a distributorship or franchise misrepresenting the opportunities in the product or business; misrepresenting dealer assistance; and misrepresenting that the firm is affiliated with the U.S. Government or U.S. Postal Service. The order further requires respondents to initiate a 10-day, cooling-off period during which purchasers may cancel their contracts and receive full refund of all monies spent.

Appearances For the Commission: R, F. Manifold.

For the respondents: Thomas Steffen of George, Steffen & Simmons, Las Vegas, Nevada.

COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Postage ‘Stamp Service Bureau, Inc., a corporation, and Carlton Lee Struble, individually and as an officer of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows: 313 Decision and Order of the business or employment in which he is engaged as well as a description of his duties and responsibilities. It is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report, in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order.