European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and St Lopes Pago 11 dear Ann Landers i was disturbed by an article thai appeared in the Akron Bea con journal i own Slock in Loral lock heed and Raythelon a troubled Reader wrote to investment advice columnist Malcolm Berko. The writer was concerned thai Congress might make some deep Cut in defense spending. He asked should i sell my stocks in the companies that have big defense contracts Scrico s response was cheerfully reassuring no he said hold on to those stocks. War is the Best business this country has Ever had and i Promise you it s going la get better. Don t pay attention 10 this nonsense about cutting the defense budget. That is nothing but pabulum Tor the Public who would rather see i dollars spent on roads schools and health care. The executives who sit in the swivel chairs at Loral Lockheed and Raythelon have enough clout with con Gress and the defense department to ensure trillions of dollars of production by the mid-1990s." never mind that the profits earned by the deliberate instigation of wan Selling arms to All sides in a conflict engaging in Covert actions such As the Iran Contra scandal Are All earned by the blood and death and terror of countless people civilian and military All Over the to rid. As Long As a few can make huge profits let the rest of i Eal pabulum perhaps it s Lime for us pabulum eaters to show a Tittle muscle and Start with holding the dollars and unseating the politicians who perpetuate the arms thank you m.f., Omaha dear Omaha you hive written a powerful letter and made some damning accusations As Well As utne provocative allegations. I d Balelo Shenk our Economy depends an he or a null possibility of War but it s i Well known fad that Loral Lockheed end Raythelon employ an awful lot of a top. It might help to know thai i spoke with Malcolm Burko and he asked me to nuke in Clear that your contribution we an edited version and the original was written Tongue in Cheek. Dear Ann Landers i had on experience recently that gave me fresh insight into the sophistication of today s youngsters. If you think it s As funny As i do you la print it White shopping in a Large department store i heard a Young voice declaring in a demanding Lone Mother i want a you can l have one the Mother replied in a Man Ner that suggested that her threshold of tolerance was being sorely tested. The child persisted i want a Bra you Loo Young the Mother pestering me this went on for much Loo Long. Consumed with curiosity 1 walked around the rack of dresses that had obscured my vision and came face to face with the exasperated Mother. She had trouble looking me in the Eye and finally muttered in an embarrassed Lone she will be 4 next week dub in sa01naw, Mich. Dor Sag i do and i did. A in Attol throws indic 1 Colum few Jim Haj Whf cant Mil a Mai. Lot can int to i m pm i in. Sun Nasme. Fro ten. U s. For Conj cafes replies to Reader s Price questions with regard to the continuing debate on cafes pric ing practices j must agree in general with the majority of the published tetters that the prices Are ridiculous Given built in Cost savings cafes enjoys such As no Competition Little advertising at nominal Cost when compared to the Continental United states and so Forth a recent writer was Correct that cafes responses were military whoever it performing the much ballyhooed surveys for cafes is ripping them and us off. Sure designer clothing is cheaper at cafes but who wants horrendously overpriced merchandise in the tint place when we buy such apparel in the slates it is usually at half off sales which Are a Little closer to the wholesale Price. If Sears . Penney and k Mart can held their own lines of merchandise at reasonable prices then so can cafes. The most recent travesty is the 15 percent increase in japanese merchandise due to the appreciation of the yen. Trip it not happening the United slates As a Reading of any recent copy of the new York times advertising Sec Tion or that of any video audio Magazine will prove. Com petition from american Mode and South korean products is keeping the prices Down As for the surveys i will be glad to conduct a belter one for free. I probably would Only have 10 go to one store the nearest Wal Mart. Wat Mart might even be willing id provide its prices by mail since it is famous for enlightened and consumer oriented management practices. I wonder if cafes will Tell us exactly How much these surveys Cost on related Ivues Why does cafes nol provide a to Nenien Way for customers 10 utilize the Many re Bates offered by manufacturers on a recent visit to the bad Kreuz Zaneh main Exchange in look 30 minutes just to locate the rebate form keeper then she would not show me the forms available but insisted 1 Tell her the exact Model number of the item i was buying i want to know what rebates Are available prior to deciding which item la Purchase. A simple rebate Board with samples of available forms would be a Fine service and would discourage customers from taking unneeded forms they could simply list forms by num Ber and go to the customer service desk. Why can l cafes end this controversy by instituting a policy such As k Mart s where the store will match any other merchant s advertised Price this has been k. Mart policy for years 1 believe and they Are nol going broke. Name withheld bad Kresinich West Germany editor s note Brig. Gen. Joseph t. Ellis commander cafes Europe replies Boatswain s mates reunion the Avi Iuan Mii Wpm malt Antoc Iatan will hold a reunion aug. 2 6 Attert two ind country Hatmil m san Drugo Curt. For Mart con tact pen pals 1 would Fth in Pill from Ouw my Homol Tryl Multi ind triv Tang. I worm acpt fitly Kkt to we to a Cpl in re tour cd urn a i to 35 As conscientious shopper Yon have voiced mine valid in corns. Lei rat repeat hum Point about the Nielsen game and give Yon name answer id your other questions. The june i an conducted annually by the . Nil in co., one of 111t most respected and recognized Imler pendent no rect res Rich firms la the United Stales. Designer clothing i not among the 317 High de Mand items surveyed by Nielsen. We paid the Nielsen co. 537,100 to conduct the 1987 Survey. Ai previously mentioned in our feb. 5 response in his column Nielsen did five comparison shopping per item it 17 location to Jacnel la posts or by across the United stale and determined that cafes customers saved an and Ige of24.4 percent. Cafes. Ilk other major a Tull outlet Don Odd its own tint of merchandise. Cafes labels appear on some 300 products including clothing sheets drier gents and health and Beauty aids. Cafes private name labels include Carillon shirts go Power Bat teries Ultra diapers and athletic club sport shoes. Savings of 20 percent to 80 percent can be found with these products. Cafes did nol nine prices to the Continental United slates for japanese merchandise became that Mer Chandise must by Law be purchased from los. Arms or distributors. It is paid for in Dollar and Price there had nol yet increased. Overseas we Purchase directly from japanese ind we pass the savings an to customers but a have to Purchase in yen. In any Case we cancelled the Price increase because the Dollar strengthened. Cafes policy on manufacturer rebate and Cash Reg ister coupons it that be will display How for Colomer Benefit for any item we Slock. There Are hundreds or even thousands of rebate discount coupons in of text to any Given Lime. We Duplay Host coupons we receive but there is no centralized tilling for Inch offer available from Iny Industry source. Some manufacturers furnish cafes rebate offer coupons and some a not. We encourage Alt manufacturers to furnish coupons far items we sell in cafes stores so oar customers can Benefit. We go a step further than the Coupon board1 we plan rebate Cou Pons on the shelf with the rebate item so customers do Nett have to pull coupons and then look for the Irmi most of our customers indicate our method is mire convenient. In regards to your suggestion to "mutch11 prices we tried this some years ago with Little Success. The Dif Ference Between enact models for comparison discontinued hems liquidated Minew and administrative Burden caused us to Slop. We instead focus on provid ing Quality merchandise at reasonable prices. By Fol lowing this simple philosophy he Are Able to have the same or belter prices than our cafes Europe is an organization dedicated to serving special constructive criticism is always Welcome and solid ideas on How to improve even More so. Thank you for your interest in cafes Europe. Str we City a 1. Phil ppm Ikel Pun paid Mchar pump i in Dtho , i to a it id frn Annj who pop Owron her Al my hot Tow or my wig la male. I would he part old. Us truth. Jturner m. Cock. L3 Marie Komi ice of it a Factor Deane b. Co Mott Ign Mug no editor Cru Tan mint a in Luton ill Knoll Lou up million to it twi do t o\r3u con Fml do term Slort i in Tov a 0� my. Tui Oil Haar or Vort nil room Tal. Jas re it. It Vork Ideh. The 0 r let a n.et5�wsuo. Ow1ch Tami Uttah com Numus j. King Cir Udo. 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