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BBCgalaxee
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Found this in a 1992 tuff stuff.
Former ny consumer affairs commissioner Mark Green forced the card companies to either list the autograph odds on the wrapper or they can't ship cases POSSIBLY containing autos to NY addresses (keep in mind this was 1992 when it was generally impossible to find one in a pack).
BUT it only applied to advertising directed towards children.
"5000 cards sounds like a large amount to kids, & these ads have the potential to mislead kids into spending their money in a futile search" for valuable cards, said green.
UD fought the hardest, even claiming that they were thinking about not seeding any possible autos in certain cases destined for NY.
UD said that by putting odds, it sends a message that these special cards should be considered "sweepstakes"
They were also afraid this would lead to a domino effect.
All the companies eventually bowed to the pressure & paid $1500 ea to cover costs of the investigation.
Former ny consumer affairs commissioner Mark Green forced the card companies to either list the autograph odds on the wrapper or they can't ship cases POSSIBLY containing autos to NY addresses (keep in mind this was 1992 when it was generally impossible to find one in a pack).
BUT it only applied to advertising directed towards children.
"5000 cards sounds like a large amount to kids, & these ads have the potential to mislead kids into spending their money in a futile search" for valuable cards, said green.
UD fought the hardest, even claiming that they were thinking about not seeding any possible autos in certain cases destined for NY.
UD said that by putting odds, it sends a message that these special cards should be considered "sweepstakes"
They were also afraid this would lead to a domino effect.
All the companies eventually bowed to the pressure & paid $1500 ea to cover costs of the investigation.
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