JR Furniture Settles Oregon lawsuit

June 21, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on June 22, 2011 from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z4875943929&z=1250249027 Salem, Ore.-based JR Furniture U.S.A. agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by Oregon's Attorney General alleging the company violated the state's Fair Trade Practices Act. Justice Department spokesperson Tony Green said more than a hundred consumers filed formal complaints with the agency over its business practices. "Those complaints range from offers of free groceries that turned out to not be free to charging re-stocking fees on furniture people didn't accept because of damages or arriving late," Green said. He added that the $50,000 is to pay for restitution for customers who can document the company owes them money and

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