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From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Come-Ons For Prizes Won
Message-ID: <1182@ihuxr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Sep-84 10:04:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  4 10:04:24 1984
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While our experience is that 98%+ of the "come get your prize" come-ons
aren't worth it, we are occasionally surprised by the quality of a prize.
My wife and I attend some of these as a form of entertainment.  We find
it amusing to play games (in an honest manner) with the salespeople. 
(When one vacation resort salesman asked where we would like to go on a
vacation, we said Nepal.  He asked if that was an island someplace.  Neither
he nor his supervisor had ever heard of it. We took pity and explained it
was a country well known for its mountain scenary.)

As far as worthwhile prizes go, our last outing collected us a very nice
clock in a cabinet that looks like a grandfather clock.  Of course, the
pendolums don't swing, and the weights don't move, and the clock is powered by 
a single AA cell.  But it looks very nice, and we have received many compliments
on this beautiful piece of furniture. (We also got a 35mm instamatic camera -
I say instamatic because it had no settings and no focus capability.)

One of our friends visited a campground and returned with a men's Seiko digital
watch that retails for >$150.  It was also the "standard gift".
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