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Subject: Re: MacWorld Weasels
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Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 13:23:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 23 13:23:24 1987
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In article <7539@ut-sally.UUCP> yvo@ut-sally.UUCP (Yvonne Van Olphen) writes:
>grocery store has a bar code in the lower left corner, and the price
>marked is $2.95.  The one I received through the mail has no bar code
>and the price is marked as $3.95.  I then decided to compare the
>subscription offers in the two magazines.  Lo and behold, the $2.95
>grocery store version offers a one year subscription for "$19.95--a
>savings of $15.45 off the annual cover price of $35.40."  The $3.95
>subscription version offers one year for "only $24.00--a $23.40 savings
>off the annual cover price of $47.40!!!!!"



I've heard of this a number of times before, but I never checked it
myself to see if it's true. I'd like to hear if anyone else has run
across this. Also, does this mean that Publisher Clearing House, etc.
are actual ripoffs?