Sweepstakes Letter of Intent
READER’S DIGEST
$1,000,000.00 SEEPSTAKES
DEAR MR. & MRS HODGSON:
IMAGINE THE THRILL OF WALKING INTO A BANK NEAR THE HODGSON
HOME --- AND SUPERRISING THE TELLER IF YOU DEPOSITED A CHECK FOR $250,000.00 INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
AND THING OF THE LOOK ON THE FACES OF YOUR WEST CHESTER NEIGHBORS IF YOU DROVE DOWN JOHNNYS WAY IN A BRAND NEW CAR --- A CAR YOU COMPLETELY PAID FOR IN CASH.
OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OUT FROM PHILADELPHIA INTL. AIRPORT ON AN AROUND-THE-WORLD VACATION --- YOUR POCKETS BULGING WITH SPENDING MONEY?
THESE DREAMS COULD COME TRUE BECAUSE YOUR SWEEPSTAKERS DEPOSIT SLIP ABOVE GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZE OF $250,000.00 CASH (OR $125,000.00 NOW PLUS $1,000.00 A MONTH FOR LIFE --- YOUR CHOICE) IN READER’S DIGEST $1,000,000.00 SWEEPSTAKES.
A MAILMAN FROM YOUR WEST CHESTER POST OFFICE MAY SOON BE KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR WITH A CHECK FOR $250,000.00!
BUT YOU CAN’T WIN UNLESS YOU ENTER. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RETURN YOUR SWEEPSTAKES DEPOSIT SLIP IN EITHER OF THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPES BY FEBRUARY 28! (RETURN IT BY MARCH 2 AND YOU COULD WIN ANY OF 40,710 OTHER CASH PRISES BUT NOT THE GRAND PRIZE.) THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT. THERE’S NO OTHER OBLIGATION; NOTHING TO BUY. AND THE SOONER YOU REPLY, THE MORE MONEY YOU COULD WIN.
WHY WERE YOU SENT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER OUR SWEEPSTAKES? TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO READER’S DIGEST PRODUCTS… AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE BRAND-NEW ALBUM WE’RE OFFERING FEATURING A REMARKABLE PREFORMER… “JIM NABORS SINGS.”
AS AN OWNER OF THAT OLD TIME RELIGION, YOU OBVIOUSLY ENJOY
DIGEST MUSIC. YOU’LL FIND THE SAME KIND OF ENJOYMENT IN “JIM NABORS SINGS.”
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FROM AMAZING GRACE TO TENNESSEE WALTZ, YOU’LL HEAR 82 MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES … INSPIRATIONAL HYMES, LOVE SONGS, POPULAR HITS, BROADWAY CLASSICS, COUNTRY TUNES, MOVIE THEMES… THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF JIM NABORS’ SONGS EVER!
WHY NOT HEAR THEM ALL FOR? DAYS HOME TRIAL ON YOUR CHOICE OF 7 RECORDS, 36-TRACK TAPES OR 3 CASSETTES. AFTER 7 DAYS, IF YOU’RE NOT SATIDFIED WITH “JIM NABORS SINGS,” SIMPLY RETURN THE ALBUM. YOU’LL OWE NOTHING AND WE’LL EVEN REIMBURSE YOU FOR THE RETURN POSTAGE.
IF YOU AGREE, THOUGH, THAT “JIM NABORS SINGS” BELONGS IN YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY, THEN KEEP IT AND PAY THE LOW PRICE OF ONLY $39.96, PAYABLE IN 4 MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF JUST $9.99 EACH, PLUS-$1.55 POSTAGE FOR RECORDS, 86¢ POSTAGE FOR 8-TRACK TAPES OR 63¢
POSTAGE FOR CASSETTES. THERE’S NO FINANCE CHARGE, NO ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE OF INTEREST, NO CHARGE FOR HANDLING. THE POSTAGE WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR FIRST INSTALLMENT.
TO AUDITION “JIM NABORS SINGS” FOR 7 DAYS HOME TRIAL AND ENTER THE SHEEP-STAKES AT THE SAME TIME… RETURN YOUR DEPOSIT SLIP IN THE ENCLOSED YES ENCELOPE. (PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU WANT RECORDS, 5-TRACK TAPES OR CASSETTES BY PUNCHING OUT ONE OF THE CIRCLES ON THE ENVELOPE FLAP.)
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO AUDITION “JIM NABORS SINGS” FOR 7 DAYS HOME TRIAL BUT YOU DO WANT TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES… RETURN YOUR DEPOSIT SLIP IN THE ENCLOSED NO ENVELOPE. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, RETURN IT BY FEBRUARY 28 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE $250,000.00 GRAND PRIZE OR BY MARCH 2 FOR ANY OF THE 40,710 OTHER CASH PROZES. ALL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED! THE SOONER YOU RETURN YOUR DEPOSIT SLIP, THE MORE MONEY YOU COULD WIN!
