Miller files suit against Texas-based buying club
Attorney General Tom Miller on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a Texas membership club, alleging that the company used unfair and deceptive sales tactics to charge Iowans monthly fees for unwanted and unused memberships. According to the lawsuit, Stonebridge Benefit Services Inc. sold more than 50,000 memberships to Iowans, generating net revenues of about $4 million. In many cases, according to Miller’s lawsuit, Stonebridge attracted consumers with free gift card or “cash back” offers to Iowans who placed online orders through other companies or through telephone orders generated from television “infomercials.” For more information or to file a complaint, contact the Consumer Protection Division through the attorney general’s website at www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.gov or call the division at 281-5926.