European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Readers respond Purchase Lan Stuhl Germany i have decided against such a Purchase because of the Cost weight and limited scope that their use Fosters. The Library is the Best place Tor such books and i would Hope that most potential buyers would see it this Way. James r. Hennessy my Imdorf Germany she Taid that the $20.a month payment wot More of a payment Tor the use of the questions we could tend to Tome Institute of research. Upon receipt of our books we were displeased because the children books Are i Mack and White pict Fuma Germany . Neu vim Germany they kept saying everything was free new Standar Dwe were Only paying or the 10-year in or motion service and 10 yearbooks. Our upstairs neighbors touched when hey heard we d bought a set but he salesmen went to tee them and they bought a set too. . Moore. Kalser Untera Germany we still find world Book to be excellent Tor our family uses especially for the grades 4 to 12. They were helpful also to my husband i night College courses mrs. Neat o. Scott s. Sat. And mrs. Albert w. Beaning Heidelberg Germany a Lew weeks ago i visited a spec. 5 in his. Apart ment. He has one Wile two Small children and three com plete sets of encyclopedias a few blocks from his Home u a Well stocked Library with several sets of encyclopedias available for free use. A. Mark s. Smith 0 Neu Ingen Dennany All in All the Only real insult with the entire Deal was the Salesman. Trying to insult a customer s intelligence with stories of Back Home when it s obvious the Salesman is not Tett lug the entire truth is not very flattering to the customer. Dennis m. Hatcher shape Belgium the Ogent Selling this set americana. Tins a super duper Salesman. After u minutes sales pitch / concluded that 1 was getting More books than what most Public libraries Stock and the value would cause me to insure them for thousands of dollars. As a closing Obser vation of encyclopedia sales personnel Range to the extremes. Store managers should Monitor and eliminate the High pressure types. M. Sgt. Percy Marquette Oesterberg the Netherlands we feel the Salesman was honest and helpful in an our questions Ai of few & question of Fotu on fusion whether honest or deliberate is rampant inthe encyclopedia business in Europe. So it in t surprising that confusion clings to the identity of new age ency clo As the chief set of books sold by off Post companies sales people a enlisted in Call ing the encyclopedias new age internal name for a disco Ntim. As an alternate Grolier product. Grolier inc. Board chairman William said flatly there is no such thing As new age International but he added that new age currently is basically the same reference set As Grolier s encyclopedia International which is sold through the exchanges. While the International has a . Retail Price of $350, new age is sold Only As a lexicon publications product wholesale to jobbers meaning there is no fixed retail Price. Sellers get what the traffic will Betir. Much of the earlier new age was com parable to the american people s encyclopedia but that set has been discontinued and new age is just the wholesale version of the International Murphy Ptel Aind baseball fan Kenny Bateman found new age figures outdated. Friday june 17, 1977 the stars and stripes Page a3
