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From: terryl@tekchips.UUCP (Terry Laskodi)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Prizes for resort sales pitches
Message-ID: <48@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Aug-84 16:34:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekchips.48
Posted: Fri Aug 31 16:34:14 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Sep-84 08:15:08 EDT
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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     As Peter Woodbury at UCSD said, LOOK AT THE FINE PRINT!!! DO NOT
LOOK AT THE PRICES OF THE PRIZES BEING OFFERED!!!I went to one of these
resort-type pitches a couple of months ago, but I asked around and was
fully prepared and realized which prizes I would receive. After going to
this one, and getting a couple of more invites, it looks like the favorite
prize to give it is a "six piece matching luggage set". Boy, did they really
stretch the meaning of the word luggage!!! What the luggage consists of is
six pieces of nylon handbag-type luggage that is really cheap and tacky
looking. Another favorite prize is a "35mm camera". This is just a cheap toy
camera with a fixed-focus plastic lens. I now know that any time I get one
of these "you have already won" promotions, I don't even bother opening the
envelope.



				Terry Laskodi
				     of
				Tektronix