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Show 10B Sun Advocate, Price, Utah - Wednesday, December JO, 1981 Refund notes cause PRICES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30th THRU JANUARY vo 5th, 1982 . -- ..o. ,.o grief Bruce Pincheon, Vice president of Stat Mar Fulfillment, recently spoke with me about the problems that his company experiences in handling refund requests. supermarket shopper martin sloan "A great many of our problems involve incomplete or illegible he said. addresses, It is very important that anyone sending for a refund should clearly print his name and address and then take a last look at it to be certain that it can be easily read. We also get en velopes that are addressed to us but that contain things like light bills and rent checks. We send these right back, and in return we get a lot of God bless you let ters. I asked Pincheon about the problem of improper requests SMOKED for refunds that are limited to some .jWCOUNTRY SAUSAGE one per name, family or address. We do receive ' HOT, SPECIAL RECIPE JIMMY DEAN OZ.CUL 5hen sc STYLE SPARERIBS Cl 1 PORK AUSACE duplicate he said, requests, and we can program our computer to spot most of them. We are instructed by many manufacturers to send rejection letters and not to return the proofs of purchase. In a few flagrant cases in which people SAVE .40 5 OZ. using different names, addresses SAVE their turned .27 names over to the postal authorities for investigation. This is definitely a fraudulent practice and could spoil CHIP .HENS DIPS or variations of them, we millions AVOCADO pUACAMOLI, Or CLAM GAME V EA. Z.J ALLEY'S EXCEPT Z. PATTIE JEAN MARIA'S BURRITOS have submitted multiple requests have 12 SMITHS FOOD KING BUTTER BASTED STATESMAN duplicate EA. 30 U $ for things of 5SAVE FOR" honest refunders. What about apartment dwellers who that worry their refund requests will be because rejected someone at the same address has also sent for the refund? They should be sure to indicate their apartment number on the refund form, advised Pincheon. In those cases where their request is im- properly rejected, they should write to the fulfillment company and explain the situation. Most companies understand EM&OSIBESQIJE BEEF030BS 'COUNTRY PRIDE V LB IJ i that this can happen when we program high a level elimination computer. of into the What do you do with all those millions of box tops and labels after you have checked them? I asked. At the end of the refund promotion, a member of the companys auditing department will visit us and check to make sure that we have all the proofs of purchase for the refunds we have sent out, he said. Then they are incinerated by an LONGHORN CHEESE SAVE .76LB. U LARGE CUT MILD CRAB LEGS PARTY s!fovoE LD - COOKED VjPIZZA icmo Sfl . o n independent processor provides ROLLS 11 PI1IASNACK manufacturer certificate PASTA SNACK TRAY destruction. Then there is no chance that an avid refunder could find these around proofs in lying your dumpster? I asked. No chance at all, he replies. As I drove away from Stat Mar, I didnt (Continued on Page 1IB) cheese-ea- "o .8 OZ. KINGSTON SHRIMPrr1 COOKED LED ROLLS PIZZAS' SAVE VE y .16 .49 PIZ7A X MEXICAN SAUSAGE X PEPPERONI . |