last March, Rock houses he “came famous” for owning the prefab houses the two earned finalists of the Big Brother program.
But now, the Buenos Aires government has ex officio charged that company and two other competitors “for the commission of alleged violations of the national law on consumer protection” for which they could be fined with fines exceeding 400 million pesos.
Viviendas Roca, Viviendas La Solución and Viviendas Rolón have been informed of the allegation and They have 5 working days to present its defense, the Buenos Aires Ministry of Manufacturing, Science and Technological Innovation reported on Tuesday.
The provincial portfolio, exercising the powers of art control and prevention of unfair terms in the membership contracts, carried out an office survey tending to analyze the contracts concluded between suppliers of production houses and consumers Buenos Aires and also verified that the web pages of these companies had published the contracts.
The result of the investigation established that the companies They have not published copies of the contracts on the web pages where they offer and market their products, “in violation of the constitutional right of access to consumer information”, they reported to the Province, which ordered their publication.
Viviendas Roca y Rolón has also been ordered to submit contracts to provincial authorities so they can be analysed.
Meanwhile, in the case of Viviendas La Solución, it was possible to analyze the contract and the signature was accused of including seven allegedly unfair terms and contrary to consumer rights, according to the parameters established by article 37 of the national law n. 24,240, the Province said.
Among them were found confusingly worded clauseslike the one that expresses it “the delivered data are not returned under any circumstances”, in contrast with current legislation, since in the event of default by the suppliers, they will have to reimburse the sums paid.
Another abusive practice of this company is that which indicates that the down payment constitutes a high percentage of the total value of the home (over 40%), added to the right that the company reserves the right to analyze the guarantees required for the concession say the loan. at a time following the delivery of the deposit.
“There were also clauses stipulating limitations on the company’s liability and fail to fulfill the legal guarantee duty that all goods and services have, providing that “once the construction, repair or replacement of any component of it is completed, it will be borne by the applicant,” said the Buenos Aires portfolio.
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Source: Clarin
