Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2510
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2510
- Advertisements and promotions: include all forms of solicitation directed at prospective callers of pay-per-call services, including mailings and advertisements in newspapers and magazines and on radio and television. See
- Sponsor: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity that sells or offers to sell a pay-per-call service to a person in this State and on whose behalf charges are billed, but shall not include a public utility regulated by the State or the Federal Communications Commission or an interexchange carrier which provides transport or billing and collection services for a pay-per-call service unless the public utility or interexchange carrier actually produces or advertises the pay-per-call service. See
§ 2510. Pay-per-call fulfillment services
It shall be an unlawful practice for a sponsor to sell or offer for sale pay-per-call services that involve provision of value-added information, not product sales, with a supplemental tangible item sent free of charge to the customer after the completion of the call unless all advertisements and promotions for such services include:
(1) an 800 number or business name and full address for callers to obtain additional information or to follow up on items not yet received; and
(2) the true market value of the item to be sent free of charge and a complete and accurate description of the item. (Added 1993, No. 99, § 2.)