June 2007
Christchurch retailer fined over unsafe wooden toys
21 June 2007
A retailer has been fined $12,000 over unsafe wooden toys sold by Notty Horse Wooden Toys in Christchurch's South City Mall. He was also required to pay $1,150 in costs to the Commission.Relates to: Fair Trading
Promoter fined over 'free' flights to Gold Coast
20 June 2007
A man who promoted 'free' flights deals to businesses has been fined $6,000 on a representative charge of breaching the Fair Trading Act.Relates to: Fair Trading
Leather furniture trader fined over 'sale' that wasn't
19 June 2007
An Auckland leather furniture company has been fined a total of $36,000 over misleading claims about the 'sale' price of furniture.Relates to: Fair Trading
ASB to pay $4.1 million over credit card fees
15 June 2007
ASB is the sixth major bank to plead guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act by failing to properly disclose currency conversion fees paid by its credit card and debit card customers from March 2002 to March 2005. Customers paid fees of up to 2.35% of the total transaction.Relates to: Fair Trading
'Tender' car sales were not exempt from consumer law
11 June 2007
New Lynn company Park 2 Sell has been fined $15,000 for telling customers they weren't protected by the law because they had bought their car on a "tender" basis.Relates to: Fair Trading
$272,500 penalty for deceptive claims about Probitas fertiliser
1 June 2007
A fertiliser sold under the brand name Probitas did not offer the benefits claimed. The company Probitas Ltd has been fined $200,000 and man who sold it $60,000, in the Tauranga District Court for misleading the public. They have also been ordered to pay $12,499 in costs.Relates to: Fair Trading
