Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site onecom.uucp Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!nbires!isis!onecom!sjk From: sjk@onecom.uucp (Scott J. Kamin) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: A new high (low?) in telephone sales! Message-ID: <162@onecom.uucp> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:10:02 EST Article-I.D.: onecom.162 Posted: Tue Nov 5 12:10:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 05:46:02 EST Reply-To: sjk@onecom.UUCP (Scott J. Kamin) Organization: OneCom, 2905 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301 Lines: 21 I thought I'd seen or heard it all when it comes to selling things by telephone. People have tried to sell me all sorts of amazing and wonderful things. I was wrong! Last night I got a call from an outfit called "Club USA" who wanted to send me to the Spanish Riviera for a week at a four star hotel for two (only one round trip airfare provided). And all I had to do was give the nice man my Visa number so he could put a 2 year membership in their buying service on it. What could be more reasonable, you ask? The cost for all this (including the vacation valued at $1500.)? Why just $399! What a bargain! He hung up when I started to laugh. I don't understand why. -- Scott J. Kamin {nbires, stcvax, isis, OneCom, Inc. ihnp4, cadovax}!onecom!sjk 2905 Wilderness Place (303) 440-4756 (switchboard) Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 938-6726 (direct)