Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Gold Coast Distributers Message-ID: <44000013@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 19:44:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.44000013 Posted: Mon Dec 3 19:44:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 08:58:01 EST Lines: 31 Nf-ID: #N:uiucdcs:44000013:000:1117 Nf-From: uiucdcs!mcewan Dec 3 18:44:00 1984 I just got a call from an outfit called Gold Coast Distributers of Los Angeles, telling me that I am one of 2500 people chosen for a special promotion. The bottom line on his spiel is that if I pay $298 for a year's supply of vitamins I will also get one of 5 "gifts". The gifts are: 1) An 18 food cabin power boat. 2) A Sony home entertainment center (projection TV, VCR and stereo). 3) A cable TV satellite dish. 4) An IBM PC jr with monitor and printer. 5) A 1985 Cadillac. This sounds pretty good. Is there something here that I'm missing? It looks like the PC jr is the cheapest thing here, and is easily worth more than $300 (I could use a printer, too). The only additional charge is a handling charge of between $5 and $50, depending on which one you get. Also, if you don't like your gift, you can substitute for something of equal value from a list of items (4 or 5 substitutes available for each item, he didn't tell me what they were). Has anyone had any experience with this outfit? Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan Just because something is obvious doesn't mean that it's true.