[Vnbiz] A lesson I learn in America

[Dieu Nguyen]

Dear anh Thang,

That is an interesting trick that the store plays but can i be considered
misleading and thus illegal to do so?

Best,

Dieu

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:05 AM, <pthang at comcast.net> wrote:

> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
>
> Dear brothers and sisters,
>
> I use to pick up my child after school activities at a small shopping
> mall. One day, I noticed there are two sodas machines placed next to each
> other.  One has a label :" TODAY, 1$ A BOTTLE ", the other one also has a
> label " TOMORROW,1$ FOR 5 BOTTLES". Both show the same drink bottles.
> Since I love special deals, I put a dollar in the TOMORROW vending machine.
> There is nothing come out. So I come in to ask the store owner what happens
> ? He tells me " can you read . it is not tomorrow yet ". Come back tomorrow.
> Tomorrow I come back and ask him how to get my five bottles. He tells me:
> " Please read carefully again, it is TOMORROW , not today, please come back
> tomorrow" . Now I get it.
>
> I put $1 in the TODAY machine and I got my drink . It did not get a great
> deal but a FAIR deal .
>
> I said to myself" Darn, at my age, I still learn  new thing every day "
>
> Cheers,
>
> thang Pham
>
>
>
>
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Dieu (Zeo) M. Nguyen
Economics & Political Sciences
Mount Holyoke College 2009
P.O Box 3007, 50 College Street
South Hadley, MA, USA 01075
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