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Mail-order ripoffs and consumer refunds in New York
Customers in New York complained to the state department about mail-order scams, where diamonds arrived unset and refunds were refused. Firms used Fifth Avenue addresses and forwarders to mislead buyers, then folded, while frauds like stubs promising shipments persisted. The FTC and Postal Service may pursue cases, with a delayed delivery rule eyed for 1974 to require refunds if prepaid goods aren’t shipped within 10 days.
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