[Fern]

I used to write to food companies, mostly cereal companies and Ring Dings, when i was a 10 year old. I learned that you could get stuff for free, but a few times the company caught me asking for a refund more than once!

Here's a story: I once ordered 2 bottles of vitamins thru the mail. (Can't remember the company.) When they arrived and i opened up the first bottle, i saw that the paper seal on the top was broken! I wondered if a machine part of an assembly line somehow did that, or even if someone tampered with the vitamins, making them unsafe to consume.

I opened up the 2nd bottle, and same thing! Quite indignantly, i called the company and explained what happened. She took down the product UPC numbers and told me i coudl get a refund, but that was it; she didn't even want the bottles back. I would think this was a pretty serious quality control issue, but she didn't seem concerned. oh well.