State sues Youngstown company over failure to fulfill magazine subscriptions

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced a lawsuit against Youngstown-based New Beginning Enterprises Inc. for failing to deliver magazine subscriptions it sold to consumers in Ohio and other states.

“In many cases, consumers paid in cash or by check for the subscriptions, but they never received the magazines,” DeWine said in a Wednesday statement. “My office worked with the business to try to resolve these issues, but complaints continued to pour in.”

New Beginning offers magazine subscriptions through door-to-door sales in Ohio and throughout the country. The attorney general’s office and Better Business Bureau have received more than 100 complaints against the business. The BBB gives the company an “F” rating.

Consumers say they paid New Beginning for magazine subscriptions that never arrived.

The lawsuit charges the business with violating Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act and Home Solicitation Sales Act. New Beginnings did not respond to a request for a comment late Wednesday afternoon.