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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: To Those With New Macs
Keywords: apple sleaze registration cards freebies gifts incentives scam
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.061045.16304@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 06:10:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.213720.13310@edsr.eds.com> wjb@tantalum.eds.com (Bill Biesty) writes:
>Reading all of these complaints about not getting free gifts for sending
>in the ergistration card reminded me about a passage in Guy Kawasaki's 
>book "The Macintosh Way".  Basically Apple uses registration cards as a way 
>to audit sales in a region (he explains this is the most relaible way
>to credit sales people--all of the details I can't remember).  This 
>incentive may just be a smokes screen to get this method to work.

I have always gotten my free gift (used to be a MacWorld mouse pad, this time
it is an Apple mouse pad, teflon coated.)
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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