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- From: rtoyama@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Ralph Toyama)
- Subject: RS Catalog Mystery Solved
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.071427.13352@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 07:14:27 GMT
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- I revisited that Radio Shack store where I got that catalog with blank
- spaces and empty columns where the prices usually go. This time
- around they gave me a "sequential price index" (listed in order of
- model number). It turns out it wasn't a misprint after all. The
- catalogs distributed here are intentionally without prices because
- they're going to start charging more than the catalog price, to pass
- on the cost of shipping stuff out here.
-
- I remember back in the late '70s/early '80s they used to slap a
- sticker on the cover saying that prices in Hawaii were higher that
- those listed inside. Then about a decade ago they started charging
- the catalog prices. I should have figured that it was over when I saw
- that Hawaii was added to the small print price disclaimer on page 2
- this year. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
- --
- Ralph Toyama / 73 and Aloha
- University of Hawaii at Manoa /__ from
- School of Library and Information Studies / Radio NH6PY
- rtoyama@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu / Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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