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Case number:

Vj-91/2009

Type of case:

Consumer deception

Undertaking(s) concerned:

Expent Business Club Kft.
All Finance Management Kft.
Győrfi Fuvar Kft.,

Short description:

Based on the complaints of the consumers, the GVH perceived that the consumers could not get proper information about the conditions of the service advertised with the slogan "You can advertise your property on our website free of charge for 30 days" appearing on the websites www.ingatlandepo.com and www.ingatlanbazar.com. Later the consumers were invoiced a service that had been advertised as free of charge. The GVH hereby launched a proceeding against Expent Business Club Kft., All Finance Management Kft. and its successor, Győrfi Fuvar Kft.

Decision:

According to the decision of the GVH, on the websites www.ingatlandepo.com and www.ingatlanbazar.com, statements like "30 days free of charge/30 days for free/you can advertise your property free of charge for 30 days" made between 1 July 2007 and 11 October 2008 and between 1 March 2009 and 24 July 2009 and "Reduced fares for regular customers on the Sciennet system! Register now!" applied between 12 October 2008 and 28 February 2009 by the undertakings Expent Business Club Kft., All Finance Management Kft. and its successor Győrfi Fuvar Kft., infringe neither the Hungarian Competition Act nor the Act on the Prohibition of Unfair Commercial Practices.

Date:

Budapest, 14 December 2007

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