Golf Equipment Maker Fined Over Solicitations
From Associated Press
Federal regulators announced the first fine against a company for using a recorded message to solicit business.
Warrior Custom Golf of Irvine was fined $23,500 by the Federal Communications Commission. The agency warned the custom golf equipment company last year to stop using recorded messages to sell its products.
Since 1991, federal law has prohibited companies from making unsolicited, prerecorded advertisements or leaving messages on answering machines. Companies are warned first and then monitored for future infractions, which is why it has taken so long for the first fine, the FCC said.
The company said it would investigate the complaints.
