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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October 3, 1974

es Committee

Prepaid Contracts Criticized —

order seat . covers, were

* critidzed by the Nelson Com-

Tunity Services Centre at a
public meeting with a govern-
Ment consumer ‘committee in

B
Kristiansen told \the’ three:
member committee Inquiring

into prepaid consumer. con: ;

tracts, the warranty should be
"Stopped at date of complaint and”
put on hold,
‘The comimittee,: set'up by he
* Minister of Consumer. Services,
Phyllis Young,‘ was established
in AUB study, prepaid
contracts relating: especially to-
heal reducing salene

magazine
scriptions, food ‘ utribution
achenies and. record and tape

clubs,
Tlwillrepertto the minister by
Nov. 30 with recommendations
for. legislation ‘and < regulations.
that will protect ‘both’ the con-
the:industry.”

More than 25 people tumed out. ;

for the meeting,’ a’ public rep-.
smse which exicted ‘committee

+ members, who, have. received

‘small audiences in Vancouver.
“It shows the. people! In‘ the

Meetings held in Vancouver in’:
problems.

September’: brought ':

i concerning ‘dance sles and

reducing ered to

Kootenay are prefabricated
homes ia and, ‘magazine: sub-
Me. Ben Semmens labelled dance
studios as one of the biggest rip:
offs in Vancouver, saying they

> cantake as much as $7,000 out of

‘an Linsuspeeting consumer's

* pocket.

Promising glamor and social
success, dance studios ‘and
reducing salons attract lonely.
‘people whose’ insecurity: leads
| thém to sign almost anything for
a change in lifestyle.

One dance’ student in Rich-
mond was conned, into’ paying
< $400 for himself and his dance
instructor for) a weekend in’.

Seattle. Others. pay between
$5,000 and $7,000 .for an in-’
structor’s “course with no’

dpromise of a later

vin said people often

have ine idea, “only fools get

ripped-off" and’ are em:
barrassed to come forward,

For. those who do not wish to

paille meetings,

be

mens at No, 203, 595 Thurlow St,
Vancouver.

ago, that left about 400 peop!

with hames in different stages of
development, >.
‘Another man’ said: he un

derstood hehad paida loan off to.

a finance compary in Trail, but
after two years, the company

began tosend him letters asking
for payments. It refused to let
him ‘see his payment record,
Mrs. Kristiansen said.

‘The brief Included a complaint
from a: lady who signed a con-
tract for a freezer meat
received half “the order. im:
mediately and had to wait eight
months for the remainder, It
also criticized a mail-order seat
covers company that required

‘the customer to ‘pay for ‘the
product’ In advance, then sent
uti ite wrong parts. for

arleving the hearings in
Castlegar, the committee will
travel to Victoria, Kamloops,
Prince George and Vancouver
for ae meetings,

ter job.

Health spas often use a high-
pressure sales technique to get a
consumer: to signa five-year
contract then allow their service
to deteriorate: or close out
completely, Health spas still in
operation, however,.make an
effort to: honor consumer, con-
tracts of closed spa committee
member: Shelley: Rivkin’. sald.
Ms. Rivkin’ works ; with © Con-
sumer Action in Vancouver.

Stie!also’ told of aman: who
“.signed-a: janitorial contract for.

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‘come. The first few months all
his amnmey, went for. supplies, she;

SConaumers who have come to
the committee ::with: problems
are directed 10 the department

“of consumer services dr to other

< consumer, groups for help:

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