Re: Today's jaw dropper

[David Dockstader <DRDOCK00@UKCC.UKY.EDU>]

We had a bookstore in KY that sometimes even went so far as to rebind
the books that said complimentary copy not for sale on the covers.  It seemed
that before they started to rebind them a student had picked one up and tried
to walk out of the store without paying. His defense was to show them what it
said on the cover. The same bookstore chain sold company cars after setting
the milage back.  In KY we elected the owner governor!



On Mon, 06 Oct 1997 13:07:46 -0800 (PST) John Mallinckrodt said:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Leigh Palmer wrote:
>
> > *I reckon that students pay for all these promotional copies. It
> > is only fair that they get them. I certainly have never sold them
> > to the vultures who come seeking to buy them.
>
> Amen.  I don't understand why this is not illegal.  Or is it?  Whenever
> one of these sleazoids swings by, I make a point of loudly explaining to
> any nearby student the central role of "this guy" in driving up their
> textbook prices.
>
> John
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