Senate Sending Letters to 1-800-Flowers.com and FTD

[Deborah111]

Senate Expands Probe Of Discount Club Practices

As part of its investigation into whether consumers are being duped into enrolling in online discount clubs, the Senate Commerce Committee has requested information from 16 large marketers.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), who is leading the committee's investigation, alleged in letters to the e-commerce companies that consumers "unknowingly and inadvertently become enrolled in membership clubs."

He added that the customers "are then charged on a monthly basis for a service they did not want and are unaware they have."

The other companies receiving letters include 1-800-FLOWERS .com, AirTran Holdings, Classmates.com, Continental Airlines, FTD, Hotwire, Intelius, Movietickets.com, Pizza Hut, Priceline.com, Redcats USA, US Airways, and Vistaprint USA.

 

[Lisa W]

Thanks for the information.Since Sen. Rockefeller is from my state, I'll send him a Thank you note!

 

[CHR]

Surprised PF isn't on that list.

Thanks for posting the info.

Added: PF isn't on the list because the committee is only investigating Vertrue Inc. (VTRU), Webloyalty Inc. and Affinion Group Inc and PF is partnered with EZSaver. Read more about the investigation on CNN.

 

[hcflorist]

Lemme see now . . . We've got an overpaid and overstaffed Justice Department made up of numerous agencies, investigators, lawyers, etc. Add to that a court system which includes a lot of people with age related mental problems because they're there for life (a failing of our system which is reflected in what comes out of some of those courts). And we've got to foot the cost of a Senate Committee to look into this issue ? ? ?

No wonder this country is in such a mess and going down the tubes ! ! ! Why didn't Rockefeller just look into it himself and either drop it or, if appropriate to the Constitution, introduce legislation to fix it? More photo-ops this way or is he just too stupid and bought off to address this country's more pressing real problems?

Career Politicians are our country's #1 PROBLEM !