
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Violations of “do-not-call” requests were the top consumer complaint in Florida this year.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Wednesday that Floridians registered more than 18,000 complaints about telemarketers who hadn’t adhered to their request not to be contacted.
Putnam’s agency handles consumer complaints in Florida.
The next most frequent consumer complaints in Florida this year dealt with fuel, cable television, telemarketing and vehicle sales.
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