Far Out (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. piffs" for switching customers from name brands to unknown ones worth far less than the asking price? Did you know that some manufacturers deliberately turn out cheap merchandise to provide discounters with hidden markups and phony high list prices?." (illustrator). 2nd Printing.The big bargain: this is the glittering promise held out by discounters. Each year they persuade millions of American shoppers to join the hunt for fantastic bargains. Famous brand names are advertised at incredibly low figures. Price tags sparkle with neatly crossed-off high prices. This seems proof that conventional retailers make excessive profits, that neighborhood merchants overcharge. But is this true? Have discounters really found a way to slash all prices drastically? In the first expose of discounting, Walter Henry Nelson reveals the gimmicks behind the fabulous facade. For every shopper who comes away with a genuine bargain, many more find they have bought shoddy or overpriced wares. For every item sold at less than list price, many more carry big markups, in some instances ranging higher than 200 percent. Discounters are in business to make money. Their profits are paid for by the consumer. Did you know that the famous brand-name products featured in some discounters' ads are often not obtainable in their stores? Did you know that some discount salesmen collect Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 2 James Laughlin Poems Robert MacAulay 9 Vanessa Jackson Drawings 14 Ann Gray Poems 15 Martin Bax Le Magasin des Gants David Remfry 23 Rosemary Norman Poems 24 Adrian Mitchell Poems Michael Foreman 27 Judith Kazantzis The Glass Avenue Laura Knight 33 Andzej Klimowksi The Story So Far 38 Josephine Wilson Poems 41 Lomas / Eisa Sternberg Money Doesn't Stink Michael Foreman 47 E. A. Markham Madeleine 54 Elizabeth Smith The Tzar, Lenin & Picasso 55 Lois Beeson Poems 59 Jim Burns Reviews 65 David Grubb Poems 68 Sue Flynn Disabled Vows Ian Pollock Drawing 71 Liz Dearden Cat Woman Poems 73 Linda Sutton Etchings 78 Anthony Edkins Poems 80 Lomas / Belbin Reviews 87 Ambit Nights Out 88 Felicity Napier Poems 90 John Cotton Poems 92 Richard Dyer Poems / Pictures.

Port Hedland 1985. 8vo. Or.illust. wrapper. (IV74pp.).

Stapled digest magazines. Three issues (all published) of 1985b Australian semi-profeessional sf magazine, subtitled ''Australia's Own SF/Fantasy Magazine''. Very uncommon. Fine (unread) copies.