Metricon fined for ‘misleading and deceptive advertising’
Metricon Homes has been fined for misleading readers of its customer brochures.
The building brand’s Queensland operation has handed over $800,000 in fines after publishing four catalogues between 2009 and 2011 that constitute ‘misleading and deceptive advertising’, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Breaches included featuring products that the company does not supply.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims said: “Photographs and glossy brochures that promote products should be of what the consumer will be supplied at the advertised price, not an upgraded package that would ultimately cost the consumer much more.”
there’s more to come out from this company, in the fullness of time
Finally! I agree with anon that there is more to come. We had to take them to the Building Commission after they passed our home inspection as we knew things weren’t right. We hired an independent building inspector who found eight pages of defects that needed to be fixed before we could move into our home. This was after personal letters to Mr Biasin with photos of the defects – he did nothing, so we took action!
My friends had a bad experience with this company so I suggested writing a review on building websites. There’s one called reviewatradie.com.au where you can warn others.