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From: dan@mgweed.UUCP (Daniel Gray)
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Subject: Re: Coupons and Rebates-- Flame
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Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 14:03:26 EDT
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[ save line eaters for valuable gifts... ]

One of the primary reasons for rebates began when there was a real possibility
that the government was going toward a policy of price-freezing. The rebates
allowed the manufacturers to give the consumer a better price without lowering
their prices. If prices were frozen, they would be high and when the rebates
ended, anyone who bought the product paid a higher price. This is a built-in
profit....

Now I suspect that this is just advertising nonsense....

Daniel Gray -- ihnp4!mgweed!mgbase!dan