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From: haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu (99700000)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Marketing Again
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Date: 7 Oct 90 18:35:07 GMT
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In article <13068@accuvax.nwu.edu> bgsuvax!jyoull@cis.ohio-state.edu
(Jim Youll) writes:

>   (caller) "Hi. This is Mary from Western Supply. How many toner
>             cartridges did you want this week?"

I've read in the local paper that the D.A.'s office has had a lot of
complaints about some copier-supplies firms that market this way.
They go beyond being "merely" annoying by fooling people into ordering
things they didn't intend to order, at prices higher than their
regular suppliers charge.  Wonder why these sleazoid outfits happen to
pick copier supplies as their merchandise of choice?


haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu    haynes@ucscc.bitnet   ..ucbvax!ucscc!haynes


[Moderator's Note: They are also into selling FAX paper, printer paper
and other office supplies in the same way.  It is a scam.   PAT]