Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

High Presure Sales Tactics

My daughter, she is eighteen, found a listing in the paper for a job, general office listing. She went on the interview. This interview was a I presure sales pitch to get her to sale some kind of fire retardent stuff. They showed her a viedo then a representive talked to her about the great sales possiblities and then into signing a contract and taking her bank card and appling a sixty dollar registration fee. Then when she came to the training they would sale her a kit for ninety-five dollars.

When she walked out of the door of this interview, about sixty minutes later, she said she began to cry that she didn't really want to do this. When she got home and told me about a hour later, I had her call and tell them she wanted her money back into her account and she did not want to do this. They were not in the office so she left a message.

My question. Can they keep her sixty dollars? Or if they get nasty and not want to give it back, what legal terms can I tell them to make them want to give it back to her. Isn't there a law on that you have like 48 hours to change your mind?

Thank you so much

Concerned Mother


Asked on 2/26/02, 7:47 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koury Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.

Re: High Presure Sales Tactics

There is no law allowing her to change her mind. You should be aware that just because someone is legally an adult doesn�t mean they are mature enough for a credit card. About the only thing she can do is dispute the charge with the credit card company and claim it was fraud because they mislead her. that may or may not work.

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Answered on 2/26/02, 12:14 pm


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