Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Weiner Targets Goldline's Sales and Business Practices

It's about time someone took a look at Goldline International Inc. Beck and others of his kind sell gold as the antidote to the "Obama economy." Goldline uses telemarketers to prey on people's fears:
Talk show host Glenn Beck and Goldline International, a California-based gold retailer, have colluded to use fear mongering tactics to bilk investors, according to a stinging report issued Tuesday by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.).

The report alleges that Goldline grossly overcharges for the gold coins that constitute the bulk of its business, uses misleading sales techniques and takes advantage of fears about President Barack Obama’s stewardship of the economy – which are stoked by its paid stable of paid conservative endorsers including Beck, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham and Fred Thompson – “to cheat consumers.”

Goldline is the exclusive gold sponsor of Beck’s radio show. Read more at Politico