From: ph36@unixg.ubc.ca (Richard Nistuk)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Donations to cos
Date: 7 Nov 1992 23:16:33 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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     Well, here ya go kiddies, just as I promised.

     I hold in my hand a very poorly written letter to a scientologist
friend of mine from the Church of Scientology(R) Western United
States Advanced Organization of Los Angeles Letter Registrar.  I'm
not going to say any more about the letter because it's very
personalized, and my friend is afraid he'll get in trouble.

     I also have a brochure called "Your Guide out of the Trap"
basically it talks about "Scientology 8-8008".  It purportedly
answers such questions like "What is a Universe?", "How does the
symbol 8-8008 summarize the route to infinite beingness?", "What
does beingness depend on?", "What is the motto of MEST?" and that
age old question "What is the principal source of confusion and
abberation?".  And of course it's fully indexed with a 35-page
glossary!

N.B.
    []    means a closed "check mark" box.
    (R)   is the tiny R inside of a tiny circle, standing for
          REGISTERED, my L.L.B. wife says.
    (c)   is the tiny c inside of a tiny circle, standing for
          copyright (ibid).
    ^TM^  is the tiny superscripted TM at the end of the word
          standing for trademark (ibid)

     On the back of the brochure, of course, is the order form...

    "[]  YES! Please send me ___ copy(s) of
     Scientology 8-8008 by L.Ron Hubbard
     Enclosed is my check or money order r:
     Regular Price US$ 37.50, CAN$  47.00.
     IAS: US$ 30.00, CAN$ 37.60.

     []  YES! Please send me the complete set of
     books in the OT(R) Book Package: Creation of
     Human Ability, Scientology 8-80, Scientology
     8-8008 and Scientology:A History of Man by
     L. Ron Hubbard. With your order yo will receive
     a complimentary slipcase.                        [oooh]
     Regular Price: US$ 145.00, CAN$172.00
     IAS Price: US$ 110.00, CAN$137.60."
     ---from the brochure "Your Guide out of the trap"

     This is just to give the prices of the books, not very
interesting, hell, the books may even be worth it... well...

     O.K. on to the good stuff!

     I have an envelope.  On the front we have the usual "BUSINESS
REPLY MAIL" stuff, First Class Mail, Permit No. 36794, Los Angeles,
CA ... and the return address is...

       "ALOA THETACCOUNT
        The Church of Scientology(R) Western United States
        The Advanced Organization of Los Angeles
        P.O. Box 27965 90027 - 0965
        Los Angeles, California 90027"

    Rotating the envelope PI radians, to read the outside of the flap
we have in big bold letters:

    "      AOLA THETACCOUNT

     Open your Thetaccount at AOLA
           or make your next
       Thetaccount Payment now!
       Use This handy envelope."

    Now, fipping the envelope over, on the back is the AOLA THETACCOUNT
form:

     "AOLA THETACCOUNT
     Enclosed is $__________donation for ____________(services)
     I will be arriving on (date)______________for this service.
     .... [then some address stuff to fill out] ..."

and the the small print:

    "Make checks pyable to AOLA. Send all donations for services at this
    org directly and only to this org.  Do not make such
    donations to another org or mission."

(holy lack of trust Batman!   B-] ...)

and then the ultra fine print about who owns the copyrights and the
sentence:

         "Scientology is an applied religions philosophy.".

    Now on to the stuff you've all been waiting for, _the
donations_!!!!  On the inside flap inside a box, centred at the top,
in bold large print:

     "AOLA Service Donations"

below this, in the first column, in fine print:

"                                               full      IAS
                                                Rate      Rate

    HGC Auditing (12 1/2 hrs) ..............    5,300   4,240
    Clear Certainty Rundown^TM^ (5 hrs.) ...    2,650   2,120
    Sunshine Rundown(R) ...................Included with CCRD
    Solo Auditor Course Part I .............    3,500   2,800
    Solo Auditor Course Part II ............    2,250   1,800
    Grade VI - R6EW ........................    3,700   2,960
    Clearing Course ........................    5,300   4,240
    New OT(R) I ............................    2,200   1,760
    OT II ..................................    4,300   3,440
    OT III .................................    7,300   5,840
    New OT(R) IV (12 1/2 hours) ............    6,600   5,280
    New OT(R) v (12 1/2 hours) .............    7,600   6,080
    Case Check .............................      625     500
    Purification Rundown(R) ................    2,250   1,800
    Hubbard(R) Key to Life^TM^ Course ......    8,750   7,000
    Life Orientation^TM^ Course ............    3,750   3,000
    Class VIII Auditor Course ..............   15,000  12,000
    OT Doctorate Course ....................    4,500   3,600"

HOLEE FREEHOLEES!  That's a lot of money!  In American dollars no
doubt!  on the the next column...

     The first column says that these are some of the services
offered by AOLA and you can get more info. by contacting the
AOLA letter registrar.

     next paragraph:

   "AOLA also has special packages of services.  These include:
    A special sliding scale of auditing for Clears only.  A special
    sliding scale for Audited NOTs(R) auditing. a special "Wall of
    Fire" Package through OT III.  A "Complete Your Bridge
    Power Package" for all the services that you will need through
    New OT VIII.  For more information ... contact the AOLA
    Registrar or the AOLA Letter Registrar.

    Partial cash scholarships are being offered to some upstat
    and imporant people which count on their course fees. See
    the Registrar for application."

And finaly (whew!) in _ULTRA_ fine print we have the "guarentee" (I
believe someone asked about this)...

    "DONATIONS PROMPTLY REFUNDED TO ANY DISSATISFIED STUDENT OR PRE-
     CLEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION
     BOARD.  IF THE PRE-CLEAR OR STUDENT IS IS DISSATISFIED AND DEMANDS
     IT WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE TRAINING OR PROCESSING.  THE ONLY
     CONDITION BEING THAT HE MAY NOT AGAIN BE TRAINED OR PROCESSED"

The "claims verification board"?  Can you say "claim refused"?


Well, that's it, any comments, suggestions, threats?


	IMHO.  It, at first glance, seems mighty exorbitant( grossly
expensive for those of you without your dictionarys).  

	B.T.W. please excuse any typos.  I believe however, that
I have typed the prices correctly.




Richard Nistuk  Fourth year physics student at U.B.C.
ph36@unixg.ubc.ca  (soon nistuk@unixg.ubc.ca)








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