European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 24 2007 stars an d s t r ipes miss Usa hopeful Kelly George of Sherwood Ark takes the stage during the swimwear portion of the miss Usa 2007 preliminary Competition monday in los Angeles Danny Moloshok a Ark airman vying for miss Usa title by Leo Shane Iii stars and stripes Washington next time 2nd it Kelly George puts on her air Force uniform she could have a new Sash to go with her patches George is one of 51 women vying for the miss Usa title Fri Day night one of the miss uni verse organizations annual pageants she is the first Active duty military contestant in the competitions 56year history military Doest fit the stereotypical image of a Beauty Queen so Ive been getting a lot of questions from the Media on that she said the other ladies have been asking me about that too what i do what i had to do in Boot Camp things like that a lot them say i could never do that but i keep telling them yeah you probably could these Are All Strong fit women and you dont have to sacrifice your femininity to be in the military George 24 is Deputy chief of Public affairs at Little Rock air Force base Ark commanders there have been planning pageant viewing parties around base since she was named miss Arkan Sas last october George said she began competing in Beauty pageants in High school and scholarship Money she won helped pay for tuition at University of Maryland she also enrolled in Roth to help pay for her communications degree both the military and the pageants were things id never dreamed about doing she said but my goals were to do some thing i was Good at something that was fun and something where i could make a differ ence the two Personas dont always i look a lot Dif Ferent in uniform than i do when competing but George said both paths Are helping her improve her Public relations skills and moving her toward a dream Job As White House press Secre tary the Winner of the pageant which airs on Abc at 9 pm on Friday receives a two year scholarship to the new York film Academy professional Public re lations and Media training and nearly in other prizes runners up also receive Cash awards the Competition is not scheduled to air on american forces network television but overseas military can vote for George in the miss photogenic mini com petition at email Leo Shane at customers upset after cafes cancels orders shipments halted after pricing flub found on web site by Matt Millham stars and stripes thousands of shoppers across the Globe thought they got great deals through the army and air Force Exchange services online store last week Only to have their orders cancelled by the Exchange the so called deals which slashed prices on popular products were the result of human error Judd Anstey an cafes spokesman said in an email to stars and stripes but that explanation Hast con Soled All of the people who thought they had stumbled on a bargain some say cafes acted poorly in its decision to cancel their orders with Little More than a form email after the erroneous prices for 11 different military clothing items were posted on cafes web site March 15 word quickly spread that the Exchange was hav ing what at least one online shop per referred to As a once in a life time Sale that line came from master sgt Michael Taylor a member of the 793rd military police company who wrote a letter to stars and stripes calling on cafes to Honor its own mistake this appeared to be a legitimate offer from a retailer that has always claimed to be a valuable Benefit for the military members it serves Taylor wrote i passed the word on to a lot of Junior rank ing that could really Benefit from the Price break and i was hoping cafes would still take care of them even after the mistake was discovered Taylors was among 11142 or Ders cancelled in All shipment was halted on 102289 individual items the army combat uniform coat normally priced at Matching trousers normally and the air Force physical training jacket which Sells for were among the items priced incorrectly these and the other items were All mistakenly priced at mistake or not cafes int Al Lowed to sell military clothing items at such a deep discount according to Anstey Click image for 200k the at coat is a single breasted design Long sleeves and 3 standup Collar Safe com army and air Force Exchange services online store pictured Here mistakenly priced military uniform items at cafes has reached out to shoppers affected by this Issue through one none communication to ensure they were aware of the circumstances and regulations governing military clothing sales store items Anstey wrote by army regulation Price reductions to stimulate Sale of phaseout items in the army Mili tary clothing sales store Are authorized Only when there is a Dif Ference in Utility or desirability of an item because of age condition or Model Anstey wrote As you know the 11 Issue items that reflected inaccurate prices do not meet the standards for a Price reduction cafes contends that the regu lation and a Legal disclaimer on its site that states in the event we have an irregularity or error on the web site we Reserve the right at our sole discretion to can cel or refuse any orders placed for that item will protect the Exchange from Legal action however court cases in the us relating to mistaken prices posted on internet stores leave the Issue open the us District court South Ern District of new York held in 2001 that a disclaimer similar to the one used by cafes on its web site was not enforceable a handful of subsequent cases re Garding similar disclaimers have upheld this precedent Wilmer Hale a Large Law firm that represents businesses in the one Call does it All global saves you Money and time estimate for All moves goods cars office equipment merchandise delivery year of americans Onoko Chatan Branch English service Call Mon Fri 08001700 japanese service Gail 098 8992114 Mon sat 08001700 closed weekends american holidays us Europe and Asia has cases posted on its web site to help customers protect themselves in situations similar to what cafes has stumbled into Hales site has a number of examples of How companies were burned such As the Case of buy com in 1999 the in ternet retailer mistakenly posted a Price of for a computer Monitor that actually Cost about More than that the company blamed the mistake on a Typo graphical error but later agreed to Settle a class action lawsuit filed by about 7000 customers and paid out a spokesperson for the Federal Trade commission was aware of what happened at cafes but declined to give an month record comment about whether cafes followed Legal guidelines in handling the problem but its not even about that said sgt 1st class Elizabeth Page who works for v corps in Heidel Berg Germany she want As concerned with the Legal guidelines As she was with cafes cancelling her order cafes actions Page said left her feeling As if shed been punched in the face without being Able to do anything about it if you were a regular business you  get away with that she said she would have been Happy to get a gift certificate from cafes to compensate for their mistake she said and added i probably  even have used it but the gesture would have been Nice its about being appreciated Taylor Felt much the same Way he said he believes the Exchange made an honest mistake but thought it could Issue coupons to people whose orders were can celeb due to the pricing snafu which service members had Noth ing to do with in going to drop the Issue but it Doest mean Imok with it Taylor said email Matt Millham at