Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lcuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!lcuxc!wjm From: wjm@lcuxc.UUCP (B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: RE: Gifts Message-ID: <105@lcuxc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 09:51:09 EST Article-I.D.: lcuxc.105 Posted: Wed Dec 5 09:51:09 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 05:33:45 EST Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc. Lines: 13 Most of these offers I've seen have the boat as the "gag" gift that almost everyone gets (I've seen them the most for Pocono Mountain real estate). The version of the article that made it to this corner of the Usenet (Bell Communications Research in Livingston, NJ) had the prize listed as an "18 FooD boat" (emphasis mine). I'd suspect that this was NOT a typo on the original prize offer but a toy boat containing 18 pieces of cheese, salami, etc similar to the food packages sold in department stores around this time of the year (early December). Just remember, if it sounds to good to be true it usually is. You can check it out by seeing what the number of prizes to be awarded (and the odds of receiving a given prize) are. Caveat Emptor, Bill Mitchell ({ihnp4!}lcuxc!wjm)