[Jewelry making - Article 00907] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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>     So, bottom line, are these protracted discussions nothing more than
>     'jilting at windmills', or is there some documentable pattern of
>     enforcement toward individual artists? 

    I think it's actually tilting at windmills not jilting but to get to
    your question I have never heard of the FTC doing anything at all
    about this. I'm sure if enough people complained about an egregious
    breach of one of their rules they might get out and do something,
    but the reality is that I'm sure it's the last thing they are worried
    about doing (plus with our current government's laissez faire
    attitude about all business practices I don't think they're being
    funded to enforce anything). The way the rules could be used would
    be in a civil suit brought by one party against another, at which
    point, the rules could be used as a basis for someone to be sued for
    not following them. To find out whether they had in fact been used
    this way would probably take some significant research by a legal
    aide but given how sue happy this country is I'm sure it must have
    been done at some point. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
www.spirerjewelers.com
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