An elderly fisherman wrote to a mail order house the following: "Please send me one of those gasoline engines for my boat you show on page 438, and if it's any good, I'll send you a check."

一个年过中年的渔夫给邮购处写信说道：“请给我寄过来一台438页上的那种汽油发动机，如果我感到满意的话，我会给你支票的。”

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Rumor has it that he ordered silver maples from a mail-order house, and the order was messed up.

传闻有人说，他下令银枫树从邮购房子，和秩序搞乱。

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Mail-order music clubs such as Columbia House and BMG Music Service have taken to the Web as well.

CNN: Where to buy music on the Web

But, after studying a high-tech corporate-services provider, a French grocery group, a German broking house and an American mail-order company, the authors found little correlation between loyalty and profitability.

ECONOMIST: Not all loyal customers are profitable��or vice versa

The absurdity and mystery continue with "Missing Heels, " in which a mail-order bride arrives in a strange town and starts living at the house of a husband she only sees in her dreams.

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