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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: another sweepstakes
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Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 21:39:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 29 21:39:55 1984
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Lo and behold....  Carter & Van Peel went ahead and sent me the next stage of
their "publicity sweepstakes" without my even returning the card.  They now
tell me that I have already won either some semi-precious stone (I forget
what) or $25k (I know where my bet is).  Of course, they enclosed their
catalog of mail-order semi-precious and synthetic jewelry (I knew I'd heard
of them before!).  It seems reasonably fair and aboveboard; however, I don't
remember if the materials contained the all-important magic phrase, "no
purchase necessary".  I vaguely think they do, but I won't swear to it.
I have no idea what I'd do with a semi-precious stone.  I don't use jewelry
(unless you count a $30 LCD watch), so I'd be silly to make any purchase.
I'm tempted to just bag it...if the only prize was the stone, I think I would
probably go so far as to request that they remove me from their mailing list.
But $25,000 would almost pay off the balance on my mortgage....

Any suggestions as to strategy?
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-- Jeff Sargent
{allegra|ihnp4|decvax|harpo|seismo|teklabs|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq
...drifting along with the tumbling terminals....