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Representatives
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"I used to bring a friend with me and we'd
have a beer," he said. "I've got my
beer on tap there now."
Another one of Knott's 'favorite marketing tails is to buy an Olympia for bar patrones' specials.
"I never tell them who I am," he said. "I just want them to try my beer."
Other representatives concentrate their efforts in different areas.
"I just try to keep on top of what a 'happening' he said. "Planning your jobs is my business."
Randy Chilton, Wichita State and Coors
keep their hands off the campus at all time,
keeping ahead of activities on campus.
Chilton, who is social chairman of Sigma Chi social fraternity, said Coors did not have college experience.
He said Coors decided to jump on the bandwagon because it realized the college market was bigger than his own.
COORS HAS CONTRIBUTED more than 1,000 words of promotional material for Sigma CHI. The company is committed to providing
He said the project, which is the largest philanthropic activity at KU, contributed more than $5,000 last year to Wallace Village in Colo., Cabo, a home for brain-damaged children.
Being a campus representative has more to offer than just good times, spending money and
he said "a campus rep for two years myself," he
said. "The majority of our regional college campus
It's also a good source of prospective employees, according to Lloyd, manager of the company's travel division.
Miller, which organized its representatives in 1972, was the first brewery to have an ongoing partnership with the company.
"We are very pleased with the program," he said. "It has contributed a lot to the success of MCF."
Facultv art displayed in Union
Two schools of yellow fish with purple, yellow and magenta stripes swim in opposite directions across a wheat-colored bulletin board. A Styrofaum "schozoid" ladder intertwined with wire is perched on the board, while a coal-black bust wearing a flashing traffic light around its neck, titled "Stop Light, Inner-Self," sits in a glass case.
These objects are figments of the imagination
that have been transformed into art. They are on display in the Design Faculty Exhibit in the Kansas Union Exhibit Gallery.
The annual exhibit began Saturday and will continue until Saturday, Oct. 4.
Fiber, glass, metal, ceramics and weaving are just some of the media used by the 29 faculty in this department.
Rv ROSE SIMMONS
Warranties protect car buyers
Staff Reporter
It has taken the student two years and three part-time jobs, but she's finally behind the wheel of her first, almost-new car. It still handles as well as quietly as a day the she drove it off the lot.
But suddenly there is a loud scraping noise and the car starts to roar. When she pulls to the side of the road, she sees the muffler of the car and can hear it. The entire exhaust system appears to be falling off.
THE WARRANTY, which the salesman said would pay for repairs, might not cover the cost of replacing the muffler.
"Used car warranties, if they exist, are only from the dealer and not from the manufacturer," he said. "If something goes wrong with the car, the warranty is limited to repair of power train parts such as the engine, transmission, suspension or sufferer goes out, that's too bad for the owner."
Most dealer warranties cover only the replacement of major parts, Lonny Rose, director of the KU Legal Aid Society, Inc., said Wednesday.
Federal law prohibits suppliers of warranties from backing out of them or changing them. But Rose said there were no laws requiring dealers to provide warranties for used cars.
"A dealer can sell a car 'as is'," he said, "and not be liable to repair anything that goes wrong with the car after it is sold off the lot."
Used car warranties from Lawrence car dealers range from 15 to 90 days, depending on the car's year and mileage. Some warranties call for the dealer to pay covered repairs and labor, and others require owners and dealers to split the cost of repairs and labor.
The dealer pays the full cost of repair of parts that are covered in the warranty. There are depreciating rates and warranty coverage for cars produced from 1978 to 1976. Warranty coverage for cars in this age group are shared 50/50 between the owner and dealer.
JIM CLARK MOTORS, Inc., 1212 W. 29th St.
Terrace, offers a dealer warranty for 1794 to 1797
used cars. For a 1979 model with fewer than
30,000 miles, the dealer offers a 90 day or 3,000
mile warranty, whichever comes first, on the
power train.
Cars produced from 1975 to 1794 have warranty coverage for only 15 days or 500 miles, if the mileage is less than 90,000 miles, said L. Brubeck Jr., sales manager of Jim Clark Motors.
*1 think 15 days is enough time for a person to find out that a car has a problem that we were told about.*
Most dealers in Lawrence, such as Bob Hopkins Volkswagen Inc., 2522 St.江. St.: Jack Ellenna Buck Oldsmobile GMC Inc., 2112 W. 29 St. Terrace and Landmark Ford, 23rd and
Alabama streets, offer warranties on used cars for 30 days or 1,000 miles, whichever first.
Lawrence Toyota-Mazda, 2300 W. 29th St.
Terrace, offers dealer discount on parts and
labor for one month, said Bev Landes, sales
assistant.
CHRYSER CORPORATION recently set up a warranty arbitration board to provide unbiased resolution of dealer-owner warranty disputes in the UK. The firm is the director of the Consumer Affairs Association.
Chapman and Steve Ruddick, director of KU Student Legal Services, were selected as members of the board. The board also includes a person from the auto repair field, a dealer and corporation representatives. The dealer and corporation representatives will not vote on problems brought before the board.
Disputes are brought before the board when a customer files a complaint about the dealer who made the mistake.
"The best way to know what is and is not
warranty is to read the warranty." Chapman said.
"It is the buyer's right to know what the warranty says before the car is purchased," he said. "Most people don't look at the warranty notice and purchase the car and some do not look even then."
Rose said the consumer should understand who is responsible for repairs and know what parts are covered. He should also know what his share of the cost will be, he said.