[net.consumers] Old Magazines

kjell@wisc-ai.ARPA (07/21/84)

The strip that is removed from old magazines is
supposed to be proof that the magaznine was
destroyed by the original vendor.  The original
vendor is reembursed for the strips returned to
the magazine distributor.  The "strippers" that
some books stores used to sell were magazines
that were supposed to have been destroyed; in
effect these bookstores were participating in
criminal fraud.  This is not as common as it
used to be; I suppose this is because second
hand paperback stores are much more popular
now than before, so magazine distributors are
more likely to be interested in cases of fraud.
Some of the more expensive magazines (the
dirty ones) insist that the whole magazine be
returned if it is unsold after its time on the
newstand.