Tissue Tussle

When Brenda Sanchez of Fremont, Calif., came home from a local grocery store last summer, her son noticed a package of Soft 'n' Pretty toilet tissue with a ticket for a promotional game called Scott Cash. As he scraped away the silver coating over a tic-tac-toe grid, he discovered that he had won $1,000. The elated Sanchez family promptly sent the ticket, as stipulated, to Scott Paper Co. in Chester, Pa., by registered mail. After a month went by without a word from Scott, Martin Sanchez called the firm only to be told that someone had signed for the ticket, but no one could find it. Sanchez sent them a photocopy. Two weeks later, Scott pronounced his entry invalid, claiming it had been improperly altered.

A tissue of lies, said Sanchez. He hired a lawyer and headed for small claims court. In January he won his case, but Scott turned hard 'n' ugly: it appealed. With a court date set for March, Scott last week raised the white hanky and promised to send Sanchez a check for the $1,000 and $500 to cover expenses. Moral: don't squeeze the Sanchezes.

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