European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tongue in Cheek list tuesday june 17, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 11 Here Are 60 ways to say j0 the editor the whole thing finds Price fluctuation confusing Dallas a so you think you be heard All the excuses All the reasons Why your great idea won t work jut in Case you be missed a few a Dallas Bawd insurance company has come up with a Tongue in Cheek list of 60 ready made ways to say forget  the list is the work of the corporate re lations department of the Southland life insurance co., and is one of a series of regular display cards prepared for the 18 elevators in the company s main office it s just something to give the employees some thing to look at in the elevators except the floor Laid june Rogan a Southland communications assistant. Here Are the reasons Why it won t work 1. We tried that before. 2. Our place is different. 3. It costs too much. 4. 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Mil 7254 North Unrun Roamn. Rohnn Mam a 7103 or 4015 soul Garl Civ i14s94. Mil mod. Orraca aliens Cly 9923390. Italy Vic Tina Civ 510344. Spain Madrid Civ 2057544 or Tor Ralon air data Mil 7544. Turkey Istanbul Civ 444372. Text 24174 sans to. United Kongo of Green Nam common Civ Newbury 04351 44741, military Newburg 04351 44241 ext. 209. 5. That s not my Job. 6. We re All too Busy to do that. 7. It s too Radical a change. 8. We Don t have the time. 9. Noi enough help. 10. That will make other equipment obsolete. 11. Lei s make a Market research test fit first. 12. Our office is too Small for that. 13. Not practical for operating people. 14. The staff will never buy it. 15. Bring it up in six months. 16. We be never done it before. 17. It s against company policy. 18. Runs up our overhead. 19. We Don t have the authority. 20. That s too Ivory Tower. 21. Let s get Back to reality. 22. That s not our problem. 23. Why change it it s still working . 24.1 Don t like the idea. 25. You re right but. 26. You re two years ahead of your time. 27. We re not ready for that. 28. We Don t have the Money equipment room personnel. 29. It in t in the budget. 30. Can t teach an old dog new tricks. 31. Good thought but impractical. 32. Lei s hold it in abeyance. 33. Let s give it More thought. 34. Top management would never go for it. 35. Let s put it in writing. 36. Well is the laughing Stock. 37. Not that again. 38. We d lose Money in the Long run. 39. Where d you dig that one up 40.we did All right without it. 41. That s what we can expect from the staff. 42. It s never been tried before. 43. Let s Shelve it for the Lime being. 44. Let s form a committee. 45. Has anyone else Ever tried it 46. Customers won t like it. 47.1 Don t Sec the connection. 48. It won t work in our company. 49. What you arc really saying is. 50. Maybe that will work in your depart ment but not in mine. 51. The executive committee will never go for in. 52. Don t you think we should look into it further before we act 53. What do they do in our competitor s company 54. Let sail sleep on it. 55. It can t be done. 56. It s too much trouble to change. 57. It won t pay for itself. 58.1 know a fellow who tried it. 59. It s impossible. 60. We be always done it this Way. On March 5 i visited the Frankfurt main shopping Center s class i store. I made one Purchase of 10 packs of the famous German bitter called Underberg. I normally look at the Price on the shelf to see if it is holding and then order 10 packs from the cashier. This Lime i did t look at the shelf Price and you can imagine How i fell As i went to pay the Normal Cost of $9 or 90 cents per three bottle pack. The lady at the Register said that will be Sis  yes. $15 instead of $9, a 60 percent Price hike. And that at a time when the Good old Dollar was gaining almost daily on the German Money Market. Underberg is locally procured. I asked the manager if the hike could be a mistake. He was very helpful and showed me a paragraph in a bulletin pertaining to the Price changes. After Reading i must say i was somewhat confused. The manager and i both agreed that the bulletin did not directly explain or mention anything on my Underberg problem. I asked the manager if he could assist me any further and he recommended that i return and talk with the area manager who would be there the next Day. I met him and asked if he could Supply me with the name and address of the Agency responsible for the class i stores. He supplied me with the name and address of a or. William a agric at the Usa eur class i Agency. T called him the following Day and had a very bad connection so i failed to understand his Short explanation. However i did hear loud and Clear when he said the Price of Underberg will go Down to sij5 per three bottle pack on March 16. What caused the 60-percent increase during the one month period and what is causing the Price to go Back Down my Bottom line is that i still have my sales slip for March 5 showing the Sis Pur Chase. I hereby respectfully request that All customers who purchased Underberg Dur ing that month and still have their sales slips be refunded the difference in Price. Name withheld Frankfurt Germany editor s note Harold d. Simp son director Usa eur class i Agency replies the customer has a legitimate complaint which we hopefully can clarify. In february 1980, a new common markup formula was implemented in All usar eur end Safe class i stores. As a result certain foreign products dropped significantly in Price to Levels More closely aligned to . Product prices. A few continent products prices which had been held Down under a Dod regulated formula increased in Price. Under this new Structure prices found to exceed local Economy prices were adjusted below Domestic prices. When the Price disparity on Underberg was brought to our munition on March 4, we in flailed Surrey of local Economy prices and after confirming that our Price was in fact Abote the Economy Price. It was reduced from $130 to . Our appreciation b expressed to the writer of the Tetter Ami others who brought this matter to our attention. However the original $1.50 Price was Correct based on the new pricing formula. The customers were not overcharged and a refund is not appropriate. We regret any inconvenience caused to buyers of under Berg and Hope that they Are again among our Many satisfied customers car exports to Japan an article appeared on Page 2 of your april 13 edition spelling out the main Rea son Why american cars exported to Japan fare so badly. To expect american cars to be sold in Japan at a competitive Price when americans make no Effort to conform to japanese standards prior to being exported is pure economic stupidity. If the japanese can conform to Federal emission and safety standards when they reach our shores can we do less than con form to theirs we cannot expect to be granted concessions simply because we re americans or the Good old .a. I wonder if the United Stales has a Previ Ous Export program for our cars at All. We have the audacity to attempt to sell . Cars in count Iris such As Japan England and Australia but Don t have the Courtesy to build right hand drive steering which would increase the desirability of the cars to the general Public. If we bunt our cars to conform to Japa Nese standards at the manufacturing Plant it would undoubtedly Lessen the amount of bureaucratic red tape and costs when the cars Are imported in Japan. If we re not going to make an honest Effort to make our cars competitive in foreign markets we ought to Stop griping about the imports and place the blame squarely where it belongs on Detroit and the . Government. To set. Janus r. 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