Business Practices Committee Report 61

The business practices of Goldex CC, trading as Rampage, came to the attention of the Committee when it received complaints from consumers against Rampage. The members of Goldex as published in Government Gazette No. 18116 of 11 July 1997 are J. Rosen; J. Cawood, and J. de Lange. The spokesperson of Goldex CC was Cawood, who inter alia sold franchises. The complainants bought franchises from Cawood and complained about several claims made by Cawood that he could not prove.

The complainants said that they bought franchises involving a "heat press" system that could be used to print transfers on cloths, such as T-shirts. Cawood led them to believe that he was the sole distributor of the machines and transfers in South Africa. This was a reason why the consumers bought the franchise. One of the complainants stated that Cawood could not supply all the transfers that he promised and those that he did supply could also be obtained from other distributors in South Africa.