The INDEPENDENT, March 15, 2000
vacation offer too good to be true, probably a scam
MOVING SALE
We Have To Clear I t Out!!
A ll Nursery Stock
E t Outside Supplies
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Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Pond Liners,
Pond Plants, Deer Fencing, Concrete
Blocks, Chemicals, Potting Supplies, Mise.
Ellson Cedar Products and MORE!!
(Buds & (Biooms
is liquidating all outside stock at 998
Bridge St, in preparation for moving our
Florist and Gift Shop to 859 Bridge Street.
Everything Must Go front
998 Bridge Street by March 31st!!
Several travel com panies
have lured consumers into pur
chasing what they thought were
“dream vacations.” Sometimes
consum ers paid exorbitant
prices for standard vacations
tha t included lengthy, high-
pressure time-share presenta
tions. Other times they were
told they had “won" the oppor
tunity to go on the vacations,
and only found out later that
they would have to pay $1,000
for the honor.
The Attorney General’s O f
fice urges consumers to take
the following precautions when
purchasing travel services:
- Use established and reli
able travel agents.
- Do not be pressured into
rash decisions. Legitimate bus
inesses give consumers time
to make up their minds.
- A s k for names of all hotels,
airlines, car rental agencies
and restaurants that will be
used on the trip and confirm all
reservations in advance of de
parting on the trip.
- Demand to know exactly
when airline tickets will be de
livered.
- Do not provide credit card
numbers or bank account infor
mation to telemarketers offer
ing travel packages. When in
doubt, tell the caller to take
your name off the com pany’s
mailing list, indicate that you do
not want to be contacted in the
future, and hang up.
- W hen purchasing travel
packages, use a credit card so
that “chargebacks” can be pur
sued if the services are not re
ceived or delivered as original
ly represented.
- Keep an eye out for hid
den charges for airfare, hotel,
car rental, airport or port trans
fers, meals, gratuities, taxes,
parking and “upgrades."
- Ask for everything in w rit
ing so all the details of the trav
el package are apparent.
- Inquire about refund poli
cies should eith er the con
sum er or the travel provider
cancel the trip.
- Check for special provi
sions to cover illness or fam ily
emergencies.
- Ask about the availability
of cancellation insurance. If it is
available, obtain a complete
description of the scope of in
surance coverage before pur
chasing it.
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INSTALLED &
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Abandonments
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647-2864
In the Mall, 902 Bridge St.
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324-2361
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Hoisting Service Available — Roofing, Trusses, etc.
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Tractor w/Backhoe & Attachments
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725 Bridge Street, Vernonia • 429-9410
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