Mouth and Foot Painting Artists spam
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Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980
Unsolicited goods s. 47
(1) Where—
(a) unsolicited goods are sent to a person with a view to his acquiring them and are received by him, and
(b) the recipient has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them,
and either—
(i) during the period of six months following the date of receipt of the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so, or
(ii) not less than 30 days before the expiration of that period the recipient gave notice to the sender and during the following 30 days the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so,
then the recipient may treat the goods as if they were an unconditional gift to him and any right of the sender to the goods shall be extinguished.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall state—
(a) the recipient’s name and address and the address at which the sender may take possession of the goods (if not the same) and
(b) that the goods are unsolicited.
(3) A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment, in the course of any business, makes a demand for payment, or asserts a present or prospective right to payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent to another person with a view to his acquiring them, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment in the course of any business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows or ought to know are unsolicited goods—
(a) threatens to bring any legal proceedings,
(b) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so, or
(c) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) In this section—
“acquire” includes hire,
“send" includes deliver,
“sender” includes any person on whose behalf or with whose consent the goods are sent and any other person claiming through or under the sender or any such person,
“unsolicited” means, in relation to goods sent to any person, that they are sent without any prior request by him or on his behalf.
********Just keep and use next year*******************
Unsolicited goods s. 47
(1) Where—
(a) unsolicited goods are sent to a person with a view to his acquiring them and are received by him, and
(b) the recipient has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them,
and either—
(i) during the period of six months following the date of receipt of the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so, or
(ii) not less than 30 days before the expiration of that period the recipient gave notice to the sender and during the following 30 days the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so,
then the recipient may treat the goods as if they were an unconditional gift to him and any right of the sender to the goods shall be extinguished.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall state—
(a) the recipient’s name and address and the address at which the sender may take possession of the goods (if not the same) and
(b) that the goods are unsolicited.
(3) A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment, in the course of any business, makes a demand for payment, or asserts a present or prospective right to payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent to another person with a view to his acquiring them, shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment in the course of any business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows or ought to know are unsolicited goods—
(a) threatens to bring any legal proceedings,
(b) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so, or
(c) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) In this section—
“acquire” includes hire,
“send" includes deliver,
“sender” includes any person on whose behalf or with whose consent the goods are sent and any other person claiming through or under the sender or any such person,
“unsolicited” means, in relation to goods sent to any person, that they are sent without any prior request by him or on his behalf.
********Just keep and use next year*******************
From Wikipedia
The Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World (AMFPA) was founded as the Vereinigung der Mund- und Fussmalenden Künstler in aller Welt, e. V. (VDMFK)[1], in Liechtenstein in 1956. It is a commercial group of publishing houses that employs artists, who, for reasons of illness, accident or congenital disability have no use of their hands, and who use either their mouth or feet to create their work.
Prominent members include Alison Lapper and Simona Atzori.
The main product of the company is Christmas cards with motifs painted by the member artists. These cards are sold every year in the months leading up to Christmas via direct mailing in 46 countries around the world (2004). Other products available through AMFPA include postcards, art prints and calendars.
The parent company in Liechtenstein acquires the reproduction rights of a given artwork and distributes it internationally. The original works are also sold at exhibitions held throughout the world. ....
The AMFPA has in later years been the subject of several exposés in German, French, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, British, Canadian and Danish media, suggesting unethical behaviour within the organization. The coverage has spurred criticism from charity, consumer and handicap organizations. The criticism includes:
The Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World (AMFPA) was founded as the Vereinigung der Mund- und Fussmalenden Künstler in aller Welt, e. V. (VDMFK)[1], in Liechtenstein in 1956. It is a commercial group of publishing houses that employs artists, who, for reasons of illness, accident or congenital disability have no use of their hands, and who use either their mouth or feet to create their work.
Prominent members include Alison Lapper and Simona Atzori.
The main product of the company is Christmas cards with motifs painted by the member artists. These cards are sold every year in the months leading up to Christmas via direct mailing in 46 countries around the world (2004). Other products available through AMFPA include postcards, art prints and calendars.
The parent company in Liechtenstein acquires the reproduction rights of a given artwork and distributes it internationally. The original works are also sold at exhibitions held throughout the world. ....
The AMFPA has in later years been the subject of several exposés in German, French, Swiss, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, British, Canadian and Danish media, suggesting unethical behaviour within the organization. The coverage has spurred criticism from charity, consumer and handicap organizations. The criticism includes:
- That AMFPA effectively poses as a charity organization although it is purely a commercial venture, in effect conning charitable people out of money..[2][3][4] [5]
- That only a fraction of the surplus is paid out to the handicapped artists, since only 94 (2008) of them are fully employed by the company, which in turn allegedly turns a world wide profit in the hundreds of millions US$. [5][6][7]The precise world wide profit is confidential.
- That high salaries, favourable loans and property lease contracts are given to AMFPAs long-time legal adviser Herbert Batliner, his friends and family and other lawyers employed at the AMFPA. [2][4][5][7] Recently retired Batliner is himself a controversy, being previously accused of money laundering for Colombian drug barons and for his alleged involvement in the 1999 German CDU contribution scandal.[8][9]
- That funds are being diverted to unknown parties via a network of "mailbox" companies. [6][7]
- The use of high pressure sales tactics by sending its main sales item, Christmas card packages to consumers via unsolicited direct mail with an option to pay afterwards.[4]
- The secrecy maintained by the company.
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santin
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Scam
It is a scam, since when does Saint Patrick's day fall on the 18th of March.
It is a scam, since when does Saint Patrick's day fall on the 18th of March.
Pardon?
I thought the question/comment was a windup so wasn't going to bother replying. I presume the M&F calendar has St Patricks Day as March 18th - which obviously isn't strictly correct but in 2013, the SPD bank holiday is on Monday the 18th so the calendar is correct if it lists it as St Patricks Day Holiday ~ March 18th.
RichInSpirit
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I think they're very handy as I don't have to buy Christmas cards then.
Not that I sent a lot of them of course.
Sure they won't know if they're paid for or not
Not that I sent a lot of them of course.
Sure they won't know if they're paid for or not
i received them for years , and i never paid for them , as i only pay for something i ask for. i sent them as christmas cards to family and friends for years . eventually they stopped sending them to me. i wouldn't mind a couple of packets of them this year the way things are.