Wednesday, august 23, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 17
Consumer tips
So you liked the dress in the shop,
but at home the color looks like
spoiled tuna? The shoes are not as
comfortable at home as on three
inches of carpet in the store; so what
can you do about it?
It depends.
Each store has individual return
policies. It is best to ask about the
return policy before making a
purchase.
Most stores use three basic poli
cies. The first is the even exchange.
One item is exchanged for another of
the same value. This privilege is
usually used when the buyer has
made a mistake, like buying the
wrong color.
The return for credit policy
usually means the consumer is given
a credit slip or his account is credi
ted with the amount originally paid.
The consumer may then apply the
credit to any item in the store.
This is a more liberal method of
return.
Under the third policy, the con
sumer gets a cash refund. This
method of returning money is a
way of insuring" the customer that
he will get satisfaction when dealing
with the particular store.
Most stores use these policies,
but all do so voluntarily, and not
because they are compelled by law
to do so. It is a privilege they extend
to their customers.
N. Y. revival, This is your Life-style'
By E.K. Casaccio
Editor's note: Associate News Editor E.K.
Casaccio spent the summer in New York
City on an American Society of Magazine
Editors internship.
Anyone planning a trip to New York
City within the next five years, take note.
;Along with toothbrush, deodorant and con
traceptive, don't forget to pack your Life
style. You don't need money to have a Life
style. It's cheap, even in the land of $450-a-month
one-bedroom closets. You need
only be totally insecure, habitually boring,
easy prey to peer pressure and feel the
need to present the manner in which you
brush your teeth as unique in the modern
world.
This is interesting? No, but people are
eager to know about your Lifestyle so they
can relate to it, get into it, on top of it, and
probably copy it.
Lifestyles in New York, as elsewhere,
are surprisingly similar.
The New York prototype includes:
-living in a renovated brownstone;
-playing tennis (squash, racquet ball
and handball also qualify);
-dining out more than in;
-vacationing in London and Paris;
-weekending in Boston and D.C.;
-drinking only Perrier, a carbonated
mineral water from France;
And finally, that Lifestyle within a Life
style which has attained status as a national
religion -jogging. Visits to the pedicurist or
local podiatrist have replaced the psychia
trist as the ultimate in chic.
Books promote it, people pant about it,
and those retired runners are back in parks
or on pavement rejoicing in being "Rerun."
While all of these may not apply to Ne
braskans, those with Lifestyles leave recog
nizable tracks. They usually travel in flocks
and tend to nip at each other when the
field gets crowded.
Often, too often, they whine
triumphantly that they "did it before it
was fashionable." it' meaning anyone of a
number of foul habits.
And the word "no" has gone the way
of the go-go-boot in this crowd. It has been
replaced instead with, "That doesn't fit in
with my Lifestyle." This negative response
is most oft repeated in answer to the ques
tion, "Do you breathe without being
coached?"
You may not be able to avoid those
with Lifestyles, but you can prevent your
own demise as a self-motivated human
being. How to be spared from attaining a
Lifestyle:
-torch your Jackson Browne albums;
-wear a blank T-shirt;
-at only those foods containing sus
pected carcinogens;
-tell no one about your first sexual
experience;
on the subject of disco music declare
that you love to listen to it, but hate to
dance to it;
-tell everyone you want to get married
and have children.
If this is too drastic, just refrain from
using the word "I".
One can hardly define one's Lifestyle
without it.
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The Atrium Mall
1200 "N" St.
Lincoln
475-1407
We welcome parties
Open:
Mon. - Sat.
7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thur. 'til 9 p.m.
Breakfast
served daily
7 a.m. -1 1 a.m.
Featuring fine sandwiches
Coors and Pabst on draft
And over half a century of brides
have been Zales diamond brides!
a. 2-Diamond bridal set, $400
b. Solitaire bridal set, $325
Both in 14 karat yellow gold.
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SUN. Noon to 5
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13th & P St.
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