U.S. NAVAL STATION
Monday# 17 March 1958
| Reply in Kind To Con Men Using Mails
Athens, Ga. (AFPS) — Many servicemen
are plagued by unscrupulous confidence
men acting under the guise of mail-order
companies. The newspaper of the Navy
Supply Corps School offers this interes
ting and effective way of dealing with
these people.
If shady business houses insist on,
sending unordered merchandise to you,
the newspaper recommends that the fol
lowing letter (suggested by a Better
Business Bureau and changed to fit your
^|rticular circumstances) should handle
^Re situation nicely.
Gimmick of the Week, Inc.
Slickerville, USA
Gentlemen:
This is to acknowledge receipt of‘one
Genuine Rock-Hard Maple Stretcher. I
have inspected it carefully and I am
glad I did not order it. It leaves me
cold and I do not want to purchase it.
My regular fee for opening and awsdn-*
ing unordered merchandise is $3. How
ever, For A Limited Time Only, I am re
ducing this fee to J1.50J
On receipt of cash or money order (no
checks, please) in this amount, you may
have a duly authorized representative
call anytime between 10 s 07 and 10 s 27 am
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(Wednesdays only) and upon proper ident
ification, the merchandise will be turn
ed over to him.
Or, if you wish you may send the cor
rect postage, plus a slight fee of $1.00
(to cover repacking and mailing costs)
and I will send it to you.
Remember this offor is limited so let
Now And Save 50 per cent.
Sincerely,
J.A. HANCOCK
P.S. Owing to limited storage facili
ties, unordered merchandise will not be i
held over 30 days.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES f
The Internal Revenue Service warns j
federal income taxpayers to retain their |
copies of returns filed during the cur- j
rent tax season. Records of income and j
expenses used in preparation of the re- i
turn also should be kept.
The government has three years after j
the return is filed in which to examine j
it. If an amount is omitted from the •;
return which is more than 25 per cent of i
the total gross income reported,the gov- I
ernment has six years in which to asses j
the tax. Accordingly, as a practical 1
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