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From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: You may have already won...
Message-ID: <136@mecc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 16:28:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: mecc.136
Posted: Mon Jun  3 16:28:52 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Jun-85 04:21:11 EDT
Organization: MN Ed Comp Corp, St Paul
Lines: 29

A resort trying to sell various sites recently sent me a missive
which included:

"... What this meant was you had either won the Oldsmobile Cutlass or
one of the other gifts listed below:

GIFTS				ODDS			RETAIL VALUE
1) OLDS CUTLASS			1/130,000		$10,977.00
2) MEXICO LUXURY VACATION	1,300/1,300		$688.00
3) GRANDFATHER CLOCK		ALREADY CLAIMED		$149.95
4) $2,500 CASH			3/130,000		$2,500

...
Please note that the 5 foot Grandfather Clock has recently been claimed.
..."

The above part might belong in net.jokes, as I did get a good laugh out
of the wording in the letter emphasizing the Cutlass in three places,
the cash one place, and... the odds for Mexico are 1 of 1.  Pretty good
odds :-).

The net.consumer part?  "...offer is designed to be of particular interest
to ... married couples ..." and "MEXICO LUXURY VACATION ... 4 days and
3 nights ... One round trip airfare included."  The gift to married couples
includes one airfare?  They don't mention the hotel cost for a second person,
either.

Scot E. Wilcoxon	Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp.     circadia!mecc!sewilco
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