Scam Type
Counterfeit Product Scam
Business Name Used
Bibb Home
Date Reported
Sep 22, 2022
Victim Postal Code
48034
Total Dollars Lost
40
Scam Description
The company claims to provide products made of Egyptian cotton. Once received it’s noticed the packaging on the products says, combed cotton. When communicated to the company, their response was: We are actually unable to write Egyptian cotton on the tags due to some import issues. The outside label says Egyptian cotton though.
The FTC communicates: If you advertise or sell clothing or household items containing cotton, the product labels must reflect the fabric content accurately. So say the Textile Act and Rules, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. The Textile Act and Rules cover fibers, yarns and fabrics, and household textile products made from them, like clothing and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, furnishings and beddings. If the item contains wool, the Wool Act and Rules apply instead of the Textile Act and Rules.
The fiber content statement may include the name of a type of cotton, the cotton trademark or a term that implies the presence of a type of cotton. The statement must be truthful and not deceptive. If you use a cotton name, trademark, or other term that implies the presence of a type of cotton, you must use the generic fiber name “cotton” with it.
For example, “100% Sea Island Cotton,” “50% Pima Cotton, 50% Upland Cotton,” “85% Egyptian Cotton, 15% Silk.”
You must use type of the same size and conspicuousness for the required fiber content information. The type must be reasonably easy to read. For example, “50% EGYPTIAN COTTON, 50% OTHER COTTON” is permissible; “50% EGYPTIAN COTTON, 50% other cotton” is not. If your product contains more than one kind of cotton, the fiber content statement doesn’t have to specify the name and percentage of each cotton type.
