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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.legal
Subject: Re: Mail order scam -- BEWARE
Message-ID: <1120@burl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 13:27:12 EST
Article-I.D.: burl.1120
Posted: Sun Mar  9 13:27:12 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 10-Mar-86 00:25:46 EST
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Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
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Summary: 

In article <2277@bbnccv.UUCP> rfradenb@bbnccv.UUCP (Roger Fradenburgh) writes:
>It IS.  You should've kept them or, if you didn't want them, you should've
>felt free to give or throw them away.  Mind  you,  you  probably  would've
>received  "second  notice"  bills and an assortment of threatening letters
>from these jokers (an outfit that sent "free" pantyhose samples  to  women
>in the Boston area a year or two ago then sent bills, 2nd notices, threats
>to destroy credit ratings and heart-rending  appeals  to  the  honesty  of
>their  intended  victims).   However,  they'd  have  had  no  legal  right
>WHATSOEVER to collect as much as one cent from you.

Yes, but they would have every "right" to put a nasty mark on your credit
record until you proved them wrong, and that can be VERY costly in terms
of time and effort.
-- 

The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291)
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