CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 376, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 468, 1988 WL 8124
...At the time of the said demand for the return of the purchase price, the Plaintiffs had possessed and used the games for over six (6) months and had used same for earning income. “The Plaintiffs based their claim for the return of the purchase price on Sections
501.021 through
501.055, Florida Statutes. “The court finds for the Defendant against the Plaintiffs and finds further that the Plaintiffs failed to prove the applicability of Sections
501.021 through
501.055, Florida Statutes, to the purchase of the Plaintiffs or that said Sections entitled Plaintiffs to the return of their purchase price under the facts of this cause. “The court further finds that the purchase was not one of consumer goods subject to Sections
501.021 through 501.-055, Florida Statutes....
..., because the solicitation in the present case did not originate in the home, but merely concluded there with the signing of the contract, the solicitation is one covered by the statute. 1 The final judgment under review is, accordingly, Affirmed. . Section 501.021(2), Fla.Stat....
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1990).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...Section
501.022 , F.S., provides that "[i]t is unlawful for any person to conduct any home solicitation sale . . . without first obtaining a valid home solicitation sale permit as provided in this section." 1 A home solicitation sale is defined for purposes of ss.
501.021 -
501.055 , F.S., as: [A] sale, lease, or rental of consumer goods or services with a purchase price in excess of $25 which includes all interest, service charges, finance charges, postage, freight, insurance, and service or handling charg...
...501.022 , F.S. Sincerely, Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/ndb 1 Section
501.022 (1)(a), F.S. And see, s.
501.022 (2)-(4)(6) and (7), F.S., setting forth the responsibilities of the clerk of the circuit court in issuing home solicitation permits. 2 Section
501.021 (2), F.S. 3 Although s.
501.021 , F.S., does not specifically define the phrase "sale of consumer goods or services," the phrase is defined by the home solicitation rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission....
...429.1, Note 1(b) (goods or services purchased, leased, or rented primarily for personal, family, or household purposes). And see, AGO 70-139 stating that goods commercial in nature, i.e., goods used in a business setting, do not fall within coverage of the Home Solicitation Act. 4 See, s. 501.021 (4), F.S., defining "Future delivery" for purposes of the Home Solicitation Act to mean "delivery more than 3 business days after the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase." And see, s. 501.021 (3), F.S., defining "Business day." 5 See, e.g., Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc....
