The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 181
... returned , and in New York City the figures were higher still . Two thirds of these returned articles came back by truck at the purchaser's request . In other words ( the harried pedestrian will not be soothed by this thought the next ...
... returned , and in New York City the figures were higher still . Two thirds of these returned articles came back by truck at the purchaser's request . In other words ( the harried pedestrian will not be soothed by this thought the next ...
Page 182
... returned mer- chandise . Silk lamp shades come back in the spring and parchment shades in the fall . When a customer vows that these things have never been used , the policy of most stores is to take her word for it , even though the ...
... returned mer- chandise . Silk lamp shades come back in the spring and parchment shades in the fall . When a customer vows that these things have never been used , the policy of most stores is to take her word for it , even though the ...
Page 184
... returned the day after . Frequently only ten cocktail glasses are returned out of a dozen sent ; a note always explains that the other two were broken when they arrived . To protect themselves from unneces- sary losses , the stores now ...
... returned the day after . Frequently only ten cocktail glasses are returned out of a dozen sent ; a note always explains that the other two were broken when they arrived . To protect themselves from unneces- sary losses , the stores now ...
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