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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Encyclopedia Britannica - their obnoxious salesmen
- Message-ID: <184151@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 01:17:26 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 19
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- >>Anyway, what is the price, and why are Encyclopedia Britannica salesman
- >>so reluctant to tell you, even to the point of being obnoxious?
- >
- In article <1992Nov5.174157.14549@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
- >Maybe it's there so ashamed of the price that they have to "present" it
- >to you, in the same way that Amway reps are so ashamed of their
- >company that they won't tell you its name, except under controlled
- >conditions.
- >--
-
- There ARE some distintions in favor of the Encyclopedia salesmen,
- though.
-
- o The Britannica is a pretty good encyclopedia.
-
- o Their salestypes have the decency to keep their propaganda and
- incessant dialogues OFF THE NET!
-
- Too bad the AMWAY folks haven't the same decency.
-