European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes july 1985 consumer watch China sales the same eld scam by Marynett staff writer if you Are approached by a chinaware Salesman hanging around the base with a do or girl Friend sales pitch dont buy his advises Maria chief of client services for the Usa eur Legal assistance office in be particularly wary if the Salesman requests a Cash Down payment and says the goods will be delivered Back report his presence to the according to this   is the usual Selling pitch of roving China salesmen referred to As rovers by military who have been ripping off members of the military for in the rovers or went under the name of which military investigation indicated was Proba Bly a or related several companies on the use com of limits list classic sales dad Roc Buck investment in the last few reports names such As american gift classic Christmas special and heritage collection have been the names she but the scam remains the the contracts Are basically look said most state that the merchandise is Avail Able to americans the and agencies enjoying diplomatic they also state they Are offering Fine Bone china1 plus exquisite Silver but name no a set consisting of six six cake six Tea six six Side a sugar a Cream Jug and a cookie but no Tea is she the agents claim their China and silverware sold by instalment payment is Worth or More if purchased in the United the Price ranging from to is a Good Deal so they in says who also serves As counsel to the army disciplinary control or of limits the China is Worth much perhaps As Little As How do they get away with this scam since the merchandise is shipped directly to the United the Soldier buyer never sees what he has one Young for who thought he was buying his Mother a set of Fine Bone China found out later that she had received a set of cheap Irish in another a sharpened who knew poor Quality when she saw had the Tea set her son sent her and then went to her congressman with the re she demanded that something be done to keep other soldiers overseas from being taken As her son had what can be done dont buy anything from a travelling Check out suspicious vendors thoroughly through your local Legal assistance office before buying their immediately report suspicious vendors to the your the pm the no club manager or another responsible by doing so says you May save a buddy a thousand dollars or How can you spot keep your eyes open for them when you Are in the Vicinity of those favorite Selling spots unit dining facile clubs and snack anywhere Young gis the salesmen often drive Luxembourg Regis tired cars yellow and Black License they Are usually Irish or and have easily recognizable a in a Usa eur official reported that when apprehended for illegally Selling on american the agents were found to be carrying maps on which installations were besides using company issued id cards made to look As much As possible like those issued by the they also often carry what appear to be Usa eur solicitation the Only state that the Salesman is a representative of the China the salesmen also Are not above using members of the military or authorized vendors to get them onto the Post or into a if a Friend introduces you to one of these he is probably being paid to do so of your anyone victimized by an unscrupulous salesperson should immediately see the local Legal assistance offi advises German Law provides for a Cooling off period during which the customer can can cel a contract if certain procedures Are the China contracts carry the notice which is required by German Law that the contract can be cancelled within seven they attempt to confuse the Issue by stating that the contract is binding when accepted by the firm and that the Deposit is not but can be used against future Fernandez was Able to free one client from a contract by mailing a  letter to the firm within the seven Day there has not been time enough to ascertain if the clients demand for return of Down payment will be How Are payments handled customers Are asked to make Cash Down generally around and then to sign contracts for monthly the China salesmen have asked soldiers to sign allotment forms for payments to be made through finance they have been using a system of self addressed the buyer is told when the first payment is due and is then mailed a series of dated Enve Lopes to use in sending in the following the pay ments go to an address in the China scam is by no Means a tempest in a in one three Day period a Rover is known to have sold Worth of yearly sales by this according to one May be in excess of Mil for merchandise Worth Only a fraction of the that adds up to a lot of ill spent toxic Shock syndrome solved by Daniel Haney associated press doctors report they have solved the mystery of How some kinds of highly absorbent tampons contribute to toxic Shock syn and their discovery should allow the production of Safe researchers at Harvard medical school said two kinds of fiber used in tampons Foster the production of a bacterial Poison that causes the rare but dangerous Dis the fibres do this by removing magnesium from the and this produces an Ideal environment for Bac Teria to make the dangerous if magnesium is added to tampons made from this they appear to be the researchers we Hope we have found a Means for making tampon fibres such that they will not stimulate maximum toxic said Edward we Hope what will come out is a safer product with maximum absorb the two materials that absorb magnesium Are polyester foam and Polyac relate neither is currently being polyester foam has not been used since rely tampons were taken off the Market in tampons with Polyac relate Rayon were recalled in March after the Harvard researchers told manufacturers of their find tampons now being sold Are made from cot Viscose Rayon and the Doc tors said these materials Are the financed by which makes the tampax Brand of was published in the june Issue of the journal of infectious the National centers for disease control says that Between 1980 and people got toxic Shock and 114 of them three quarters of the victims were tampon but the disorder also strikes men and Kass said some surgical dressings also contain the two fibres they this might explain but not of the toxic Shock cases among people who dont use the illness is caused by toxic Shock syndrome toxin this Poison is produced by a common bacterium known As staphylococcus when Levels of magnesium Are relatively the bacteria produce Little but toxin Levels shoot up six to 12 times when magnesium Levels Are without any the bacteria do not make the if a very tiny amount of magnesium a Multi thousandth of an ounce is the toxin production Kass said at a news if More is toxin production goes toxic Shock syndrome most commonly occurs on the fourth menstrual the researchers spec ulate that during the Days of heavy blood flow theres so much magnesium in the Vagina that the tampon cannot bind it but As blood flow magnesium Levels then the tampons remove enough magnesium to induce High production of until researchers had speculated that the Tam Pons High absorbency was somehow linked to toxic experts recommended that women change Tam Pons every few but the Harvard team said theres no evidence that this helps prevent the syn toxic Shock is extremely and the incidence dropped 50 percent after rely tampons were removed from the about three quarters of All menstruating american women used tampons in when the disorder first came to Public symptoms include Low blood pressure and a skin once the syndrome is it can usually be treated effectively with All but 5 percent of the population produce antibodies to the toxic Shock Only those who Lack these antibodies get the