Beware tricky language in ads and promotions
Consumer expert Richard Weiner warns that terms like free and lowest prices often conceal catches. Readers should read the fine print, compare offers, and beware of allegedly legitimate sweepstakes and going out of business sales, which can be deceptive or fraudulent.
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Richard Weiner
New York
Weiner
Clearing House
Time Warner
Reader’s Digest
Webster
New World Dictionary of Media and Communications
Texas
Dear Abby advice column on housing with Bo and church conflict
A reader describes living with Bo for nearly a year after his mother dumped his belongings on her lawn. She questions religion, potential abuse, and breaking up with Bo to return to church. Abby instructs to demand his departure by a date and involve his probation officer if needed.
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Abby
Dear Abby stamps and Sorry Postal Docket
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on postage issues and a postal service update. Letters discuss stamps not sticking, stamping methods, and a 1988 research effort led by the Postmaster General to improve adhesive quality for envelopes. Abby adds not to blame stamps but how envelopes are moistened. A wedding booklet offer follows.
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ST. Paul
Minn
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P.O
Mount Morris
Ill
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Hubbard
Ohio
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Perelman's
Perelmans
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