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<text id=90TT1308>
<title>
May 21, 1990: Business Notes:Sales Promotions
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
May 21, 1990 John Sununu:Bush's Bad Cop
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 69
Business Notes
SALES PROMOTIONS
Bargain for the Born Again
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<body>
<p> As the top Lincoln-Mercury dealer on the East Coast, Freddye
"Action" Jackson knows how to strike a deal. But none of his
promotions have ever stirred such a fuss as his Christian
Members Buyers Plan. A born-again Christian, Jackson sells
Lincolns for $600 over dealer cost and Mercurys for a mere $250
markup to certifiable Christians in Fairfax, Va. Ministers get
an even better deal, and with each sale Jackson makes a
donation to the church of the buyer's choice.
</p>
<p> The program has sparked an uproar because he declines to
offer the same discounts to any non-Christians except Jews,
whom Jackson said he includes because they believe in God. Even
so, David Friedman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith, has urged Jackson to drop the program.
Says he: "I want him to see there is something wrong in asking
customers to declare their religious affiliation and to treat
them differently according to that."
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</body>
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