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Bargain Basement

by Charles L. Fontenay

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How could it give away such buys? Very easy--by doing a business in pennies and a profit in billions.Excerpt from Jack Hanshaw was madder than a wet hen and his roommate, Ken Adaman, was enjoying his misfortune hugely."Not a blame thing!" snarled Jack, fiddling with the knobs of the television set. "Not even static lines. First they give me a set without a plug-in cord, and now this one's got a no-good picture tube.""You get what you pay for," said Ken, laughing. "I've warned you about these so-called bargains. But what's this about the plug-in cord?"Ken had been at work the day before, when J...

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