European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 20, 1ip6 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers please let me come to the de sense of an 85-year-old woman named Essaye Buchtr of Man Hattan. I read about her in the Bakersfield californian. Mrs. Buchtr s last will and i testament read As follows leave my Best wishes to members of my family including moms v family and want them to get exp aptly what they gave me Noth my. She bequeathed Money to my closest friends whom i love not Only because they were interested in my welfare but they took me out for drives had me As their hous guest and remembered me on every holidaying their  she divided $2 million into 10 portions. No one knew she bad Money. Some even said she was known for her stinginess. I say the woman really used her head the Way she handled it no one was Nice to her because she was Rich. She knew exactly who her real friends were. In my opinion her family got exactly what they deserved. I m thinking seriously of doing the something. Incidentally Ann what do you think of mrs. Buchter s parting shot smart sooner than later Caw 3-3.tj_ i think it was fast Dandy what a Lovely Surprise for the us caring friends to say nothing of the Surprise for the relatives. I wish More people would fellow he example. Dear Ann Landers i live in a Large apartment Complex. The tenant above me puts Birdseed on her Windowsill. I love Birds but i Dart like what they do to my windows. The building charges s3 to clean a window from the out Side said i cant afford to have them washed every week. For a Long time i could t figure out Why the Birds chose my windows for special treatment i was becom ing paranoid. Yesterday i met my upstairs neighbor in the elevator. She Tola me she had just bought 10 pounds of great new Birdseed. Please Don t Tell me to talk to her about the problem. She s a Little Dippy. Thanks. Targeted in Lexington by. Dear Lex speak to the manager of the Bilang. Mrs. Bin Borer could put the seeds somewhere else like on the roof or in nearby Park. This suggestion should come from someone with Cut stay out of it dear Ann Landers my pet Neeve radio announcers who say it is 10 minutes after the hour and then they Don t say what hour. It is very frustrating. In be watching to see if this letter winds up in your column because tit does it will be about time. Peeved in Utica new York dear peeved some Days i would appreciate it if the announcer mentioned not Only the hour but the Day of the week the Matt awl a year. Thanks for sharing your Gripe. You pm lets of company. Dear Ann Landers please inform All motorists who have lbs that Chil Dren Are sometimes in their listening audience. On a recent trip from Florida we turned on the cd radio and heard such filthy talk that we were embarrassed in front of our 5 and 7-year-Olds. I m sure those truckers would t want anyone to talk that Way in . Cafes explains changed Price on displays since january of this year i have had my Eye on a Panasonic vhf movie recorder Model nv-m2px, Price $1,140. On feb. 2, 1986, the Price of this  was increased to ,180 on March 11, 1986, the Price was further increased to ,330. Imagine my Surprise when on april 14,1986, the Price was ,595 the merchandise tag had two smaller tags affixed to it the Bottom one having ,180 on it the top one having $1,330 on it which then was crossed out and ,595 written above it in pen. That merchandise tag certainly made me suspect that the Only thing that had changed was the length of time the  Nad been sitting on the shelf. Not wanting to jump to conclusions i checked with the department manager to insure that this camera was not a newly arrived camera but one that had been sitting on the shelf for the past several months. Imag if you can my indignation when the department manager confirmed that the Only thing that had changed was the Price of the . At that Point i exclaimed but that s cheating and ripping on the Gist the department manager coolly explained that that was one Way of looking at it but he could not help the Price changes since those prices came from a pricing list he received from cafes Headquarters and those were the prices he had to charge. Let me be the first to state that i do not begrudge cafes a profit but i do think that even cafes should have to earn that profit in closing please let me restate my concern Lesta Afes overlooks it in All of my ramblings. Please explain the rationale policy for increasing the Price of merchandise where the Cost has not increased to the original buyer cafes. Also cafes be assured that my indignation in this matter could be soothed at once by the Opportunity to Purchase said recorder at Jan uary 1986 prices.  a Kunza Italy i am writing to express my feelings and to ask cafes How they can justify Price increases on Mer Chandise purchased abroad. I am Well aware that cafes purchases bulk Quanti ties of fast Selling items As Well As High demand items i.e., tvs Vars stereos Etc at a certain Price and pays that Price to the individual companies upon receipt of goods not upon Sale of the . What i would like to know is where cafes feels justified to raise prices of merchandise bought and paid for prior to the decline of the Dollar just because the Price increases for a new shipment of the same equipment Why does t cafes sell merchandise forthe Price it was purchased until Stock is exhausted instead of always raising the prices to match current prices if this is the Case then cafes is making an enor Mous profit at the expense of every  who uses the Exchange. If this pricing scheme has some valid reasoning and justification put it out in the open because i am sure that i am not the Only one who has raised this question or had these thoughts about this Price raising game. Harvey  Vienna Italy editor s note master sgt Brace e. Ziels Dort customer relations specialist to cafes Europe replies there s no bleat by cafes to rip off anyone. Radi Cal swings in the International monetary Exchange Rales Are at the Root of the matter. Please let me explain. Cafes has bit the Bullet and absorbed the Cost of the falling Dollar against the yen for More than eight months. The solar started Flung against the Yea late last summer. At the same time our prices were based Onan Exchange Rale of 245 yen to the Dollar. On nor. 3, that conversion rate was changed la 220 and vet the Dollar continued to plunge below that  the time of writing this the Dollar hit a Low against the yen about 170. Editor s note this week the rate for Yea to the Dollar dipped below 160. We Purchase almost All oar electronics Mereha false in Japan. The time Span from when the orders Are placed until the Mercha Uolar arrives m your Exchange is90 Days or More. Since we pay for japanese source Mer Chandise 60 Days after shipment a falling rate of the Dollar to the yen can result la Price increases to our customers. When the monetary Penn Una swings in the Dollar s favor prices Are reduced at our stores As Well. It is important to stress that Large hems la our Anglo photo departments serve As display models for Stock merchandise in the warehouse. Price increases or de creases Are made on display models to correctly reflect the current Selling Price of All identical items in our inventory. That s not n Ripoff that s common business practice. He sees weak links in Chain of command i recently read that nowadays a direct military order is nothing More than a starting Point for a Dis Cussion therefore there s no such thing As a Chain of command interesting that these were almost the exact words quoted in stripes 12 years ago by a West Point Cade assigned to Germany for summer duty. 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