The Rule helps ensure that consumers
are fully informed about product warranties by imposing certain
requirement when a warrantor requires, as part of a written
warranty, that consumers first use an informal dispute settlement
mechanism to resolve a warranty dispute before seeking remedies in
court.
There are no program changes.
The estimated total annual hours burden has decreased to 17,000
hours from the 30,000 hours estimated in 2004. This decrease of
13,000 hours is due to the availability of more recent data that
fewer disputes are handled by the IDSMs. The estimate of the total
capital and non-labor costs have increased from $300,000 in 2004 to
$329,000. This new estimate is based on $300,000 in capital and
start-up costs and $29,000 in copying costs. The estimated figure
of $300,000 in capital and start-up costs represents an increase
from staffs previous estimate of $172,500 in 2004. This increase
reflects more accurate figures that staff obtained from
representatives of the IDSMs regarding costs associated with the
annual audit requirement. The estimate of $29,000 in copying costs
represents a decrease from the $127,500 estimate submitted in 2004.
This decrease is due to a number of factors, including the decrease
in the number of disputes handled by the IDSMs, the decrease in the
number of consumers who request copies of their case files, and the
even smaller number of consumers that request copies of the annual
audit.
$9,375
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Allyson Himelfarb
2023262505
No
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