Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site convexs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convexs!hosking 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 Article-I.D.: convexs.14100002 Posted: Wed Dec 5 02:21:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:46:38 EST References: <44000013@uiucdcs.UUCP> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:uiucdcs:44000013:convexs:14100002:000:866 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