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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Gold Coast Distributers
Message-ID: <655@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 12:11:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 12:11:40 1984
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> 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?

Are you sure that one of the gifts isn't a toy version of the real thing,
and that virtually everyone will get that "gift"?  I mean, wouldn't
you feel silly having paid $298 for a beautiful 6 inch scale model
1985 Cadillac?