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To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (574)	10/16/2003 1:49:32 PM
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Proof that OMD IS WRONG!!!!! SPELLED OUT IN CLEAR CONCISE LANGUAGE THAT EVEN A MORON CAN UNDERSTAND. 216.239.57.104 Auto glass business can't offer cash back for windshield repairs - Judge rules that Kent company's rebate is illegal, inflates price 2002-07-25 Journal Staff A King County Superior Court judge has ordered Olympic Auto Glass of Kent to cease its marketing campaign in which the company offers customers up to $125 ``cash back'' for replacing their windshields. The Independent Glass Professionals Association brought the current legal action against Olympic Auto Glass in September 2000, arguing that Olympic's cash-back program violates the state Insurance Fraud Act. The trial ended in late January of this year. Judge Sharon S. Armstrong issued her ruling on July 10. She concluded: Olympic's ``cash back program is another form of illegal insurance deductible waiver. ``By offering to give cash back to each customer,'' the judge wrote, ``Olympic is essentially rebating some or all of the deductible. ... When the customer sees Olympic's advertising, he or she knows that the cash back will cover the cost of the deductible, and so the purpose of the insurance deductibles, to discourage frivolous insurance claims, is frustrated.'' The judge also ruled that the cash-back offer violates the Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits misleading and deceptive advertising. ``The cash quote has been inflated from a regular market price to cover the cost of the cash back, and consumers do not receive the promised benefit of a $125 savings.'' Now get off your stump and quit being such a freaking know it all. Nobody freaking provides services for free!!!!!