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pleased to announce the appointâ€" ment of Mr. Reiner W. Stachel as Sales Representative. Reiner is a graduate of the Ontario Real Estate Course I offered by the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards. He looks forward to sharing the experience he has gained in the house building inâ€" dustry with you and his many cuss your Real Estate needs with Reiner at home 884â€"28%, or ofâ€" fice 745â€"5611. Please feel free to call and disâ€" Member Kâ€"W Real Estate Board B U D A KE R Realty Ltd., Tickets availuble at Dutch Boy Supermarkets, Dutch Girl Shopettes, Cenâ€" MM.â€"M,M:MM.-‘H“-#â€". to be drawn at Knoliwood Park Armones, East Ave., Kitchener, all at 900 pm 195 Ashcroft Place Waterloo, Ontario (519) 745â€"5611 Dutch Boy Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps 1924 German Trip Lottery $1,000.00 Early Bird draws: August 7,14, 21, 28, 1974 $6,000.00 Main draw September 4, 1974 help send our kids to Munich! Tickets $2.00 each â€" each ticket gives you 5 draws Appointment Watertoo Chronicie, Wednesday, July 10. 1974 48 King St South on van The $10,000 in cash prizes Support our Kâ€"W A area. These areas have no complaint office, and the Better Business Bureaus don‘t really go into comâ€" Stratford and the Cambridge staifed by two fullâ€"time and three partâ€"time workers. Miss Doherty receives $120 a week while staff is being paid minimum wages. The rent is $175 a month, and other expenses include ofâ€" fice equipment. furniture ‘and phone bills. Consumer Advisory Bureau, they referred calls to us. In complaints in this area. we‘re also getting calls Mss £oherly hopes the office will be continued beyond the present August deadline. and feels â€" the community is in need of services of this nature. search Group (OPIRG» sponsors of the University Consumer Complaints Cenâ€" It is managed by Shannon Doherty. a graduate of of the Consumer Complaints Centre at the University of Waterloo and is funded by a community services grant of $6,600 plus an additional $1.000 donated by the Onâ€" various by taro coming in fast and furious, and there‘s no sign of a letâ€" up in the near future. Since the office opened in June. they have handled over 400 separate calls. ranging from contract ripâ€"offs to requests Kâ€"W aréa is the consumer‘s Profile The office is By Geraid May One of the most successful in Kitchenâ€" _ _ The phone keeps ringing at Complaints are most freâ€" quent in areas dealing in car repairs, servicing by dealerships, doorâ€"toâ€"door salesman, food salesman. furniture companies â€" and **In many of our cases, we bring the complainant and the company involved toâ€" gether and they work out a reasonable compromise without legal action being taken. In some cases, noth ing can be done. We‘re presâ€" ently investigating about 150 complaints and more are coming in every day," said a staff worker. response from businesses involved, and seldom has to go to court. STAIN OVER PAINT2 | 677 BELMONT WEST, KITCHENER TELEPHONE 578â€"5330 the consumer complaint office heers [= C niue A ndimiics dotit: ipirialrintetcet 4 .mhndmw-flmm»pcobrunpg“m woodhshowywflnflwmwsmhbmn better exterior painting results. See us soon. PAINTS *WALLCOVERINGS CARPETS*INTERIOR OESIGN Naturally, some caution is required and the old painted surface must be properly prepared for the stain. Semiâ€"transparent stains give natural wood richer beauty and long lasting durability. You probably have questions concerming decking stains. stains for fences. siding and evestroughs. Yes you can. Recent studies indicate that excellent results can be obtained by using Heavy Body Stain over previously painted surfaces. WE CAN HELP Naturally. some caution Figure Magic International brought in a host of calls from women who had signed and paid for contracts exâ€" tending intq the fall who wanted to know if they could recover their money. The sale of gift coupons by radio station CHYM has resulted in a deluge of calls from customers complaining the companies featured in the coupons in some cases wil swimming pool companies flnConsumerComplaimofieohasboenhandfingiuhishateoltele- phone calls lately from irrate citizens. Here office manager Shannon Doâ€" herty discusses a complaint. sale, who lives in Beverly Hills, _ California. Some stores claim they know nothâ€" ing about. the deal, while others were told the number of tickets sold far exceeds that reached in the original agreement. CHYM is workâ€" ing on the situation and hopes to reach a reasonable compromise with the comâ€" panies involved as soon as not honor the coupons. The CC office has been trying to contact the promoter of this St. S. in Kitchener. OPRIG is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Consumers with a problem are advised to call 742â€"8371, for assistance or visit the ofâ€" It appears that the CC ofâ€" fice fulfills a strong need i the community, and recegl ly several federal governâ€" ment representatives visitâ€" ed it and discussed the posâ€" sibility of extending the grant. In the meantime, the staff are building dossiers on local businesses, cultivatâ€" ing contacts and establishâ€" ing a reputation for efficienâ€" cy as well as servicing comâ€" plainants who have nowhere else to go for inâ€"depth adâ€" possible. A number of comâ€" plaints have come in conâ€" cerning a local fyrniture company â€" that promises delivery but does not do so. Irate customers who phone and inquire are told delivery was not included. This case, and many others, are curâ€" rently under investigation. at 26 Ontario