Outdoor World Corporation

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IN THE MATTER OF OUTDOOR WORLD CORPORATION CONSENT ORDER, ETC. , IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 9229. Complaint' , July 1989-Decision, April 1990 This consent order requires, among other things, a membership campground promoter, based in Bushkil, Pa., to cease and desist from representing that any consumer wil receive a prize, award, gift, bonus, premium, or any other good or service at no cost without disclosing any cost the consumer must pay to receive such good or service. The consent order also requires the respondent to retain accurate records, for a period of 3 years, of all advertising and promotional! materials containing representations regarding prize or gift offerings, and records of all prizes and gifts awarded. In addition, respondent is required to notify the Commission of any proposed corporate changes. Appearances For the Commission: Lawrence M. Hodapp and Eileen Harrington. For the respondent: Alan Schlaifer Washington, D. DECISION AND ORDER The Commission having heretofore issued its complaint charging the respondent named in the caption hereof with violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and the respondent having been served with a copy of that complaint, together with the notice of contemplated relief; and The respondent, its attorney, and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order an admission by the respondent of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondent that the law has been - violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and other provisions as required by the Commission s Rules; and The Secretary of the Commission having thereafter withdrawn this matter from adjudication in accordance with Section 3.25(c) of its Rules; and "Complaint previously published at 113 FTC 70 (1990). OUTDOOR WORLD CORPORATION 283 282 Decision and Order The Commission having considered the matter and having thereupon accepted the executed consent agreement and placed such agreement on the public record for a period of sixty (60) days, now in further conformity with the procedure prescribed in Section 3. 25(f) of its Rules, the Commission hereby makes the following jurisdictional findings and enters the following order;

1. Outdoor World Corporation is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania with its principal office and place of business located at Route 209 , Bushkill, Pennsylvania.

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondent, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER lt is ordered, That respondent, Outdoor World Corporation, a corporation, its successors and assigns, and its officers, agents representatives, and employees, directly or through any corporation subsidiary, division or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from representing, directly or by implication, to any consumer that the consumer wil receive a prize, award, gift, bonus, premium, or any other good or service that is similarly described as being available at no cost, without disclosing fully, in type of equal size to that used to identify such good or service and immediately following each good or service thus represented, any cost that the consumer must pay to receive such good or service.

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lt is further ordered That respondent, its successors and assigns shall for three years after the date the representation was last made maintain and upon request make available to the Federal Trade Commission for inspection and copying accurate records of (1) all advertising, promotional or sales materials containing representations regarding prize or gift offerings and (2) all prizes or gifts awarded pursuant to such offerings.

Decision and Order 113 F. lt is further ordered That respondent shall notify the Commission at least thirty (30) days prior to any proposed change in respondent such as dissolution, assignment or sale resulting in the emergence of a successor corporation, the creation or dissolution of subsidiaries or any other change in the corporation which may affect compli:tnce obligations arising out of the order.

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lt is further ordered That respondent shall, within sixty (60) days aftr servce of this order, fie with the Commission a report, in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which it has complied with all requirements of this order. READII-G HOSPITAL. ET AL. 285 285 Complaint