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From: hosking@convexs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Gold Coast Distributers
Message-ID: <14100002@convexs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 02:21:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 02:21:00 1984
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Nf-From: convexs!hosking    Dec  5 01:21:00 1984

Use your imagination.  What's the cheapest thing you could make
that could be called a cable tv dish ?  Would it be enough to keep you
out of jail for fraud but still be enough to entice people to pay
possibly inflated prices for something that they otherwise might not
buy ?  Does it sound like a good marketing game ?  I have yet to see
something like this where the cheapest prize is really as good as what
it appears to be.  I'd be really surprised to find this case to be any
different.  I've had no dealings with this particular company, so I can't
say for sure that they're playing this sort of game, but I would be very
hesitant to put my own money down on something like that just because of
a promotional deal which APPEARED to be a great deal.

If it sounds too good to be true.... it probably is.

						Doug Hosking
						{allegra,ihnp4}!convex!hosking