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Oscar Wylee fined $3.5m for false ‘buy a pair, give a pair’ charity claims – NEWS.com.au
Oscar Wylee fined $3.5m for false ‘buy a pair, give a pair’ charity claims
Eyewear retailer Oscar Wylee has been slapped with a $3.5 million fine after its widely marketed charity campaign was found to be bogus.The Federal Court has penalised the chain for misleading and deceptive conduct related to its “buy a pair, give a pair” promotion, incorrectly promising consumers it would donate a pair of glasses to “those in need for every pair purchased”.
But Oscar Wylee failed to follow through with this pledge.
Over a five-year period, it sold 328,010 pairs of glasses but…
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