mikey@trsvax.UUCP (08/14/84)
#R:hp-dcd:719934492:trsvax:70900016:000:138 trsvax!mikey Aug 14 09:22:00 1984 I'd send a copy of the ad to J. C. Penny's and ask them about it. Offhand, I'll bet you get a fairly quick response. Mikey at trsvax
donn@hp-dcd.UUCP (donn) (08/15/84)
If its too good to be true...
it probably is.
However...
I received a junk mail, probably prompted by our new baby
form "Western Intermountain Gifts", a "Division of United
Educators" (which may be a key), promising $300 in gifts
including a free 8x10 portrait at "JCPENNY PIXY PORTRAIT"
(note the lack of punctuation in "JCPENNY"), 100 (!) free
rolls of Kodak Color print film (with "special processing")
and free stays in one of about a dozen places.
Now, the film alone makes it kinda tempting (although it'd probably
go stale before I finished it).
They seem to be selling "educational" baby toys, and the phrasing
of the letter makes me suspicious that if I respond a salesman will
show up on my doorstep. ("we will personally see that delivery is
made to you promptly.")
To get to my point. Does anyone out there know anything about this
operation, and am I likely to get anything worthwhile or just have
to throw a salesman out of the house?
Respond by mail, and I'll summarize.
Donn Terry
Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins Co.
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P.S. I've cross posted this to net.kids. Since I use notes, those
of you which read both groups will see this twice in spite of the news
software trying to be smart about it.