Crackdown On Duct Cleaning Rip-offs Proposed
Monday, April 30, 2012 at 4:39 PM
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Download MP3You may have seen the ads or the coupons that proclaim “we’ll clean all the air ducts in your house for 49-95!” It may sound too good to be true, and one Ohio legislator and an industry group both say: it is. That’s why there’s a proposal for a crackdown on what some are calling rip-off artists. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.
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