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STATEMENT OF TllIi CASn
10, 011 Novomhor 13, 1\J!)(i, Worldwldo IIlld Domlnlck'H ol1lcrod IlIto II cOl1lrllct, II Iruc
copy ol'whlch IH IIUllchod hCrotllllH Exhlhit "A" I1l1d Illcorporlllcd hy rofol'clloo,
II, Prior 10 Novcl11hol' 13, 11)%, Worldwldc I1l1d DOll1illlck'H hlld hcclI
OOl11l1HlI1lclllil1U wllh cllch olhor III rofcrcllcc 10 thc HOl'vlCCH which WCI'O ovolltlllllly provldcd
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I;!, Bolhl'o lho cOlltrllct WIIH Hlgllod, DOl11ll1lck'H hlllllll11plo OPPlll'lullity to rcqul\Ht 01'
lIogolillto ChllllgOH Iu tho oOlltrncl; ohllllgCH IlIlho Horvioo Worldwido )ll'opoHod; IIl1d ohllllgcH ill tho
foc World wi do would OXPCcllllldcr tho oOlltl'lIct, DOlllllllck'H IIHkcd 1'01'110 chllllgCH to tho
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Pennaylvanla, aa Worldwlde'o addreaa, ComplEllnt l'aragraph51a Qenled to tile extent ttlElt
It ElVera tllat /lny fee or p1wment la due Worldwide from Pomlnloll'a under tile contract,
5, Paragrapll 6 Is admitted to tile extent tllat It avera tllat 1I1e contrllot contalna
a provlalon wlllcllln part alalea, "I.aatly, It 18 agreed and l~1l\1aratood Ihat ' , , any action
commenced hereunder allalt pe I)rougl,t In tile County of Oumberland," Tile worels of tile
conlract speall for Illemselvea.
7, Paragraph71a neltller admitted nor cfenled, pam In 1011's la wltlloLlllmowlecf~e
or Information sufficient 10 form a belief aa to the trLll1l of 1110 L1l1egatlona oontalned In
Oomplalnt Paragrapll 7 and alrlct proof Illereof Is cfemanded I'll trial.
0, Paragrapll B la neltller admllled nor denied, Domlnlcll'a la wlllloulllnowledge
or Information aufflclent to form a belief aa to tile IMll of tile allegallons In Complalnl
Paragrapll Band atrlot proof 1I1ereof la demandecl I'll trial.
9, Paragrapl191a neither admllled nor denied, Domlnloll's la wltlloLlllcnowledge
or Information aufflolent to form a belief aa to tile Irutll of tl18 allegations In Oomplalnl
Paragrapll 9 and alrlct proof Illereof la cfemanded at Irlal.
10, Paragraph '10 la admitted 10 Ihe extent that It avera tllat Domlnlck'a and
Worldwide entered Into a conlract execuled November 13, 1996 and Illal a oopy of the
exeouted oontraolla appended 10 Ille Oomplalnt aa Exlllblt A.
11, Paragraph 11 la admllled to tile oxtenl tllat II avera till'll prior to November
13, 1996 Worldwide and Domlnlolc'l1had been communicating with eElch olller In reference
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to aervloea wllloh were to Ilave been prOVided by Worldwldo LlIlder tile oonlract. It la
denied Illat suoll servlcea were evenlually provided pursuant to the oontraot.
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12, The folloWing allegation In Pl'lragraph '12 Is qenleq l'l!1 stf.lteq:
"Before the contraot Wf,lS slgneq, Oomlnloll's Ill'lq flmple opportllnlty
IQ reqllest Qr negQtlate ohemges In tile oontmot; ohanges In tlw servh::e
WQrldwlqe proPQseq; anl1 ohemges In Ihe fee Worlqwlqe WOlllq expeol ~lnqer
tile oontrElot,"
1\ Is f~lI'tllf.lr qenleq tllElI Oomlnloll's req~lested nQ ohl'lnges 10 tile llontrl'lol,
13, Parl'lorElph13 Is neither Eldmltted nor denied, The words of IIle oontrElol
!3peElII for themselves,
14, It Is denied tllElt Worldwide performed f.lS Elgreed under the oontraot Elm~ thElt
WQrldwlde reoommended a teleoommLlnloatlons program whloh would SElve OQmlnloll's
approxlmEltely $240,000, Complaint PElragrapl114 Is admitted to the extent thElt It avers
tllElt WQrldwlde prQvlded OQmlnloll's with Information Qn teleoommLlnloEltlons rates, All
remfllnlng ElllegallQns In Complaint PElrElgrapl114 l'lre denied,
15, It Is denied thl'lt Domlnloll'shas utilized Worldwide's reoommendatlon for Its
benefit or has Implemented WQrldwlde's reoommendatlons, Complaint Pl:1ragraph 15 Is
admitted to the extent tlll:1tlt avers that Domlnloll'sllas paid Worldwide no fee, It Is denied
tllat SUOllll'loll of payment oonstltLltes a violation Qf the oontraot. By way Qf further response
Domlnloll's states that nQ fee Is dLle Worldwide under the contraot.
16, It Is danled that Oomlnloll's has damaged Worldwide to tile extent of
$120,000 or to tile extent Qf any amollnt. The remaining allegations In Complaint
Paragraph 16 constitute oonoluslons Qf law tQ whloh no response Is required, To the
extent that suoh allegations may be deemed faotllal, than they are denied,
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17, 1\ Is neither Eldmltted nQr denied tllat, as alleged, WQrlc1wlc1f3llas Inourred and
wllllnour OQUrt oQala Elnd legal OQsts In prlnglng ItB flotlon agEllnsl OQmlnlcll's, Worldwide
Is WllllDUlllnQwledge Qr InfQrmatlon s~lfflolent tQ fQrm El pellef cOlloernlng tl16 trutll Qf said
allegatlQn Elnd strlol prQQf IIlereQf la demancfed at trial. Tile remaining avermf3nla In
OomplEllnt PElrElorapll 17 CQnstllLlle a prElyer fQr relief and tl18refQre require nQ reSPQnSe,
If Bl~cll fwermenls mElY be deemed ElIlf3gEltlona Qf facl, tllf:l11 tlley Elre denied,
DefElndElnl. by II counsel, herepy fLlrtller responds 10 tile CQmplEllnt py alleging tile
fOIlQwlng New Matter find New Matter. Affirmative DefenBes:
NmMATTER
18, ParElgrElPlls 1 tllroLlgh 17 of tl11B AnBwer and New Malter are Ilereby Inoluded
by reference as If restElted In fLIII,
19, As contEllned In Complaint Exlllblt A, tile contraot oonslBts of Iyped words In
tile exlllbll, ElS SUOll wQrds are modified by I1Emdwrltten wQrdB and pllrases sllQwn In
Complaint Exlllblt A,
20, Tile handwritten InltlElls "RS" Wllloh Elppear In tile contract refer tQ "Robert
Bcllaner" and were applied to tile contmot by RQbert Scllaner,
21, In corresPQndence tQ Oomlnloll's prior to NQvemper 13, 199B, Mr, Bcllaner
Identified hlmsolf as "senior cQnBultant" for WQrldwlde,
22, Robert Scllaner signed tile OQntract on bell a If of WQrldwlde Elnd Wltll full
autllorlty from WQrldwlde,
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23. AI 1118 lime 1113 affixed Ills slonatLlre and Initials to the oontrac\, Robert
Schaner was senior consultanl for, anel an employee of, Worldwide,
24, AI the 1111113 1113 affixed Ills slonall.lre anel Inlllals to 11113 contract, Robert
SCllf.\ller was tile chief exeoqllve offloer of Worldwide,
25, Tile arllcles of IncorporC1llon of WorldWide which are currenlly on file wltllllle
PennsYlvania PepElrtrnent of Stflte Idenllfy Robert Schaner as the "CEO", or ohlef
execLHlve offloer, of Worldwide,
26, Allhemdwrltten ohanges to the contrC1ot were Elgreed to py Ropert Sch/:lIler
on pehalf of Worldwide,
27, The handwritten Inlllals "JA" wllloll appear on tile conlrl'lot are those of
Joseph Addante, Who, at 11113 time of affixing Ills Initials and signature to the oontract, was
vloe-presldent and oontroller for Pornlnlcl\'s,
28, Tile terms "we" and "us" In tile contract refer to DClmlnlol\'s,
29, The terma "YOll" and "your" In tile oontraot refer to Worldwide,
30, The oontraot, without the handwriting appearing on II, was prepared by
Worldwide or by a perSOIl or perSOIlS In the 1111'13 of Worldwide,
31, The oontraot, In re-typed form and with all handwritten ohanges acoepted by
the parties, Is appended heretP as Exhibit No, 1,
32, In the retyped oontraot, as appended hereto as 8xhlblt No, 1, the handwrlllen
additions Initialed by Robert Schaner and Joseph Addante are allown In bold type.
33, III tile contract, as appended hereto as Exhibit No, 1, tile handwrlllen
deletions accepted by the parties are shown wltll strll\eouts of the d'3leted words,
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34, Prior 10 November 13, 1996, the contrElct, without hemdwrltttln ohElngea Elnd
WlthOl!t IllgnElturea or InltlElllng, was aflnl to Pomlnlcl\'a for c(JflalclerEltlun b~1 RobflrtScllaner
fla "aanlor conaultt1nt" for WorlclWlcle,
35, A Irlle ancl omrect copy of the Elfore-dellCrllled unalgned contract III Elppended
hereto la I.:xlllblt No, ~,
36, Pomlnlcl\'s did not agree to tile llllBloned contrElot allown In r:xhlblt No, 2 of
tills Answer and New Matter, bllt requeated tllat tile \msloned contract be modified by the
handwritten cllangea sllown In Complaint r:xlllblt A,. wlllcl1 changes Worldwide then
aooepted,
NEW MATTE~AE.EtBMAml!Ul!;.E!;NBEe
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37, PElrElgrElpll1l1 III rough 36 of tills Answer and New MEltter Elre Ilereby Inoluded
by referenoe fila If realElted In full.
30, Tile oontrElot, Complaint Exlllblt A, atales tllat Worldwlcle WOLlld provide
Domlnloll's with, "a detailed researoh report within three montlla of the execution of thlB
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39, Worldwide provided no Buoh detailed researoh report to DOl11lnloll'B within
three montl111 of November '13, 1996, the dElte of the execution of the contraot.
40, By failing to prOVide a detailed rasearch report to Domlnloll'll within three
1ll0ntlls of tile exeoutlon datl~ of the oontraot, Worldwide breaohed the oontraot.
41, Accordingly, no fee III due WorldWide under tlm oontraot.
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4?, Pm~graplls 1 througl141 of this Ans'v\er f)nrj New M~t1er ~re herepy Inolucled
py reference ~s If restated In filII,
43, The contraot states flS follows, "We [I)omlhlcl\'s) 11llrepy appoint you
[Worlclwldel to perform a one-time ~l.ldlt of 0l.1r local and long distance telecommunications
vflndor Involoes In order for YOLl to mal\e cost savings relJommendatlons to our firm,"
44, If suoh audit was ever performed py Worldwide, no audit resulta or audit
recommendations were ever provldecl \0 Pomlnlol\'s py Worldwide,
45, The aLldlt to be performed by Worldwide Linder the contract was a utility
l:1COounts payable atldlt,
46, By suoh alldlt, Worldwide Was to have revlewec! Involoes whlell Pomlnlol\'s
had reoelved from Its telephone servloe providers,
47, By SllOh audit, Worldwide was to 11Ave then provided Oomlnlcl\'s wllll a
written report as to whether or not suoh Involoes oontalned billing errors, billings for
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Oomlnlol\'s telephone aooounts whlol', Ilad been dlsoontlnued, billings for Oomlnlol\'s
telephone numbers and lines Wlllohhad been tal\en out of servloe, billings at rates higher
than the telephone servloe providers' tariffed ralss and similar Sllolllnoonslstenoles,
40, Beoause Worldwide failed to provide Oomlnlol\'s with the results of any suoh
audit, Worldwide breaohed the oontraot.
49, Acoordlngly, no fee Is dlle Worldwide under the contraot.
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60, Pmaoraphl3 1lhro~loh 49 of tl11s Answer ancl New Ma\lar IOlre l18repy Inoluclacl
py referenoe al> If restalecl In full.
61, As staleclln Ihe contraot, Worlclwlcte's fee was 10 pe "on Ilalf of 1118 monlllly
aavlngs, after oonslclerallon of vendor relmles, If applloalJle, we IPomlnlol~'sl aot~lally
realize from Ihe reoomme\ldallons In YO~lr lWorlclwlcle'sl reporls for a period of one year
from Ille date of Implement all on,"
62, Worldwlcle reoommenclecl to Pomlnlol('a that Pomlnlol('s ohooEle WorlclCom
as lis telecommunloatlons servlcEls provider,
53, Pomlnlol('s did not Implement IIle aforesaid Worldwide reoommendatlon 10
ohoose WorldCom and pomlnlol\'B did nol olloose Elny olher teleoommunloallons servloes
provider whloh Worldwide Identified as pelng reoommended,
54, Insleacl, Domlnlol('s ollOse 10 use Amerlteoh as Its leleoomm~lnloallons
servloes provider ancl enterod Into leleoommunlo'.1t1ons servloe agreementa wi III Amerlleoll
In 1997.
65, Amsrlleoh Is also I(now as Illinois Bell Telephone Company,
56. Amerlteoll was never Identified to Domlnlcl~'s by Worldwide as Worldwide's
reoommended choice and was never recommended to Domlnlol('s Py Worldwide,
57, Accordlngly, beoaLlse Dominick's did not choQse a Worldwide-recommended
telecommLlnlcallons servloes provider, no fse Is dLle Worldwide Linder the contraot.
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58, PElrElmElpllS 1 tlll'OLlgl157 of 111 Is Answer enq New Mf:llter EIre 1l!3l'aby Inol~decj
by reference as If resleled In fLIIl.
59, Tile following sentence appeElrs In tlw contreo\, "Since savings Elra
gUerantead by YOLI [Wol'lclwlde) to occur, If tllere are no savings reellzed by LIS
[Pcilnlnlcll's), tllera Is NQ fee to YDLI [Worldwlclaj,"
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60, Pomlnlcll's I1Els raallzedno savings dlje Elny afforls Llndartallan PY Worldwlcja
Linder tile contrElot,
61, AocorclIngly, no fae Is due Worldwide \.Inder tile oontrect,
fifth Afflrm!!tJ-'l.!LQftf.IDl!}l!.
62, Paremeplls 1 tllro\.lgl161 of tills Answer and New Malter ere Ilereby Included
PY reference I.1S If restated In fLIII,
63, Tile final, written worll product as WeS prodLloed by Worldwide, allegedlY
pursLlantto tile oontreot, and f;lS W€\S eventually provided to Pomlnlcll's by Worlowlde was
based on a review of montl1ly telepllone Invoices provided by ODmlnlol\'s to WDrldwlde,
64, Tile afDresald final worll prDduot oontalned slgnlfloant oDmputatlonal errors
and Dtller errDrS Df a rnaterlalnetLlre and DVl3rst€\ted OO/11lnlol('s montllly telepllDne servloe
ODsIs by apprDxlmately 100%.
65, ODmlnlcl('s found 1I1e aforesaid final worl\ prDduot to be unsatiSfactory and
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so Informed of Worldwide of tills,
66, WorldWide 10011 110 steps tD remedy tile errors Inllle afDresald final WDI'I\
prDduct.
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Worldwide TeleoommunloEltlons, InoorporElted
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PeElr Worldwide Teleoomm\mloatlons:
We hereby appoint you to audit perform 11 one,tlme audit of our looal and
long dlstanoe teleoommunlof.1t1ons vendor Involoes In order for you to ml~l~e
oost savings recommendatl(;ms to our firm, It Is I'lgreed you will E\I1alyze our
expenoes In tllelr entirety and researoll In detail tile Federal Communloatlons
Commission looal and long dlstanoe oarrler tarlffB of our looal phone oompf.lny
Elnd tile relevant long dlstEll10e oarrlers, It IB E\greed you will provide us with
prellml(1Elry findings Elnd IElter El detEllled researoll report within three months
of the execution of this agroement offering tile broadest and most
oomprehenslve range of teleoommunloEltlons savings and rate
recommendations pOBslble utilizing our oholoe of tariffs, oarrlerB, BpeclElI
Elllowanoes, rebEltes, refunds and OOBt reduotlonB, .
It IB understood Elnd agreed tllat you will be worl<lng on a Btrlot no-rlak
contlngc~noy fee baBIB and that your consulting fee will be on 'lalf of the monthly
SEwings, after oonslderatlon of vendor rebates"', If applicable, wa aeerue
aotually realize from the recommendations In your reports for a period of one
year from the date of Implementation, After tile first twelve months, '100% of
tile long term saVings are ours to I<eep, Since savings are guaranteed by you
to ocour, If there are no savings realized by LIS, there Is 00 fee due to you,
One. time refLmdB of past tariff overbllllngB will be shared on a 50/50 basis upon
colleotlon, Your ongoing tariff monitoring servloe and bill auditing will be
provided to LIS at no additional cost, Cost savings will be oaloulated from the
objective standard of our current costs at the time of audit according to the
following formulas:
~LSfrllng~rnp.N:
,22 cents ourrent cost per minute. ,09 cents new cost per minute - ,13 cents
per minute gross BEWlngs
,13 centa per mlnwte groas savings x 8,000 minutes of calling 10\ month.. $1040
one-manU, sewings .
$1040x50% '" $520 d~le month one,
fiflf.l.JncLfiIDL-'ngWlilillp-If!:
$1500 refund cl,ecl~ to you x ,50 '" $750 savings/one time fee,
After your worl< IB performE1d, tariff reoOmml,'lndEltlonB contained your roport
thElt we Implement EIre presumed to be d~le to your worl~, Therefore, It IB
Elgreed thElt Elny reoommendEltlon In YOllr reports U,at we Implement Is deemed
aocepted and we will not utilize the reoommendatlons in your reportB during the
term without pElyment of YO~lr fee and notifloation to you, These non-
olroumventlon provlBlon!'! EIre Integral to this agreement and Elhall be effective
for a two year period Elfter the delivery of your flndlngB, Upon tho Isswmce of
your rapolt tho audit Is considered to have beltn concluded, and any
future worlt must be authorized by us via a new agreement.
Lastly, It is Elgreed and LlIlderBtoocl that thlB oontract IB governed by the State
of Pennsylvania and any aotlon oommenolng hereunder shall be brought In the
oounty of CumberlElnd. Furthermore, we represent that the person signing Is
authorized to engage your servloea. We hereby aolmoWledge receipt of a copy
of this agrflement, and If we breaoh this oontrf.1ct, we will pay all reasonable
court and legal OOBts you Incur dLleto suoh breaoh,
Aoooplod by;
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Fur ond un boholf of llllQrunlnl!!li:u:Jnor Fuods...lno,
Oonlool NlIll1o;/S/JUBOph Addonlo Tl\lo/sN,P" OonlI9llilr
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'All vondor robatos will bo factorod Into tho baso ratos lit tho time of analysis.
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llrllar (Ilr Ylllf 10 makll cosl lavlnoa raCommllndol/ona III our nnn, It /~ llorullcf YOII will I\nRlyza Ollr
aXf1un~lI~ In 111011' anllrllly llnQ rll,oarctl /n dlllal/ Ihll ('lIefullll Oommllnlcatlon' OommlllSlon local Qnel lono
11I~IQlloo carr/llr IQrirl~ of PlIr local pllonll COmpllny anlj tho rolovl\nl/ono dlstanr.(l carnllrs, It III Qoroad YOIf lVI/I
provldo 1I~ wllh prollmlnary ""eflnos QIlQ lolor a dalal/all rll~allroh roport offorlno Iho broaQu~1 and most
Comprohon~lvol'llnllu of lulucomnllll1lcallolls sllvllla~ aM ralo rocommuIIQallolls pos.'1I110 ullllzlno ollr \lllolcII of
IMrlo, carr/urs, spuolallll/owlIlloos, rohalus, rofllnQs anQ co51 rOQlIcllons,
Ills Ilncla(slooel Qnll llOf1!all Ihal You will hu worklno on a Iilrlcl no-flak contlnollllCY (0' l1ul. '/lnll "lllf
YOllr consilII/nil (all wl/l /la ona hlllf of tho m\lnlhlY allvlnlll wa aC0l110 (rom Iha /'IcOmmanclllllon_ In YOllr
rvP0r111 (or IIparloll of ana YOllr (rom Iho elaln of Imp/amllnl.l. fon, Anor Iho flrsl Iwolvo monlhs, 100'1(, of Iho
long tOfm savlnos nm 01ll'S 10 kOap, Slnco savlnas am Ollarnntonc1 /ly YOl1lo OCClIr, " Ihlre lire no lavlnos
f1!nl/z.cl Ily lIS, thQro Is NQ fall !fua 10 YIlU, Ono-lIma rSf\1I1ds of pn~llllrlff oVlllhllllnus wll/ bo slluroel on II
60/50 bllsls upon collocl/on, Your onllolnolnrtff monltortna Sllrvlnll Ilnel blllnuQlllnll Will t>o provldoQ 10 lis III no
llelQlllonll1 cost, aost sllvlngs WII/ hll clIloullltoll frolll Iha objllcllvo II1Indllrlf of O\lr Cllrront coall allllo
110111 of nllrtlt aooorcllna to Iho folloWlno (Onnutul
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,22 conl~ ollrronl cosl per rn/nulII - ,00conto nllw oosl pllr Illlnulo", 1~ conts par mlnlllo IIroali IlIvlnos
,1~ conts pllr mln4111 oross Illv/nos 116,000 m/nlllua o( olllllng hlmonlh "'1ll40 onll111onlhllllvlnOli
$10401(60% .. $lI~O dlla month IInll.
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$1500 rofllnd ohock 10 you I( 160 " $750 savlngs/onll IImll (eo.
Arlor Your work I~ porformoel, Illrtff roCOmmonelllllons Ihlll \VII Implomonl aro proSllrnoQ 10 /lo QIIO 10 ,our wcrk,
Thorllforo, Ills aarood lhal Ilny roCOmmonelollon In YOllr rllports lhlll \VO Implomant Is elollmed acoeplod anel wo
w/ll nollll/llzlI the rocOmmondllllons In YOllr roports durino Iho IlInn \Vllholll pllymonl of your foo nnQ nollflcallon
10 YOll, TlllIso non-clrclIll1vonllon provisIons aro Inlagrllllo Ihls auroomllnl anel shall t>o offacllvp for a two yoar
portod aftor tho Qollvory of your nnd/nos,
LllSlIy, Ills Illlrlllld anel unllorslood Ihlltlllls Q{)nlrncl fs govamod by 1/10 Slalo of Pllnn~y/vllnla and any action
commonclng horllundor shall bo brollghl In Ihll county of Cumbllrlsnd, flurthonnoro, Wo roprosllnl Ihlll tho
porson slonlng Is oulllClrtzod 10 ongaall your ssrvlcos, WII hllroby aoknoWloelllll rllcolpl of a copy of this
lloroumonl, and If WII broach lhls conlracl, wo will PIlY 011 coasonablo oOllrt lllld /ooal cosls you Incur dUo 10 such
brusch,
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125 NONh f.nol4 Prlve, SlIlla 205, Enol~, M 17025
Phonel ~00'40$,333~
fax I 000-61(>.1 772
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\, We ore experts on all FCC tarlfrs, Our spoclal expenise lies In spcchlllUlift~, regional tariffs
and non commlsslonable tariffs Oled by 4LL can.lers,
2, We are Carricu:...IndollcIHlcllt - Dill' only allegiance Is to YOll, We can save YOII 30%-60% of
your phone bill l'llthnul you chanlllng cnniersl
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J, We are n consullltlll Rnn - Dill' offal' Includes Luta1.1\sngC..lla1Uu~ar~s..fnxJlnclW1lillulllr..and
loni-dl~tanllJl.. It also Inclllde~ (Iedlcated Une charges. this Is MOX a sollcltMlon for long distance
uuslness,
4, We havo been InstnJmel1lal hl rrovldhlg reftlOds to companies like yours,
5. Thera ore N.Q componles Ilka Worldwide Telecommunications l"ncorporatedl We usa our
k1lowler.tga of special FCC tariffs to bring major. cost reductions to companies who have JUSt had
audits complotad,
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6. We are nbmlutc1)( risk free - Wa charge no money lip front. Our oui)! !bes are a percentage of
tho money )'.lUUllJUA we hava saved youl
7, ,WE nF.LIVEJl. FTllST..- With no risk, obllga((on, or commitment on your part wa:
- Audit your phone bills
. Annly~e your traffic patterns
. Compare your traffic rattnrns against our tariff dnta basa
. Seek out the special tariffs you are entltled to
. PI'csent you with mllltlple proposals showing you what your
costs shoulr.t be on all maJor carriers, Includlnll your el>1stlnll
carrier
Only A FTF1It you've see what Worldwide Telecommunications Incorporated can do for your
finn, do \Ve ask fur a decision,
Thank you,
Senior Consultant
:l...J1alden Oapol1l1nlty In TeM'tUlllI1Jlllla/JonI:
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Plaintiff,
IN Tl-H: OOUHT OF OOMMoN
PI.f,As OF OUMaf.I~I.ANP OOUNTY,
Pf:NNSYWANIA
NO, 00.1237 Olvll Term
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POMINIOI<'S FINJ:R FOOPS, INo"
Oefenctl1nt,
NQ:OOE TO PLEAD
To Pli:llnllff WORLPWIPf: TELEOOMMUNIOATIONS, INC,:
You i:lre herepy noli fled to pl8€\d to \he enolosed Pefendant's Answer i:lnd New
Maller within (20) tii:lYs from servloe hereof or default Juclgmenf may be enterecl against
YOll, /7 ,/
MV/n
~ohn A. Alzamor~, Esq,
Tll0m€\S 1', Nlatlen, f,sq,
Thomas, Thomas, Armstrong & Niesen
212 LOOlIsl Street, Sulle 500
p,O, Box 9500
Hf.lrrlaburg, PA 1710B-9500
. Counsel for Defendant
Domlnlol('s Finer I:oods, Ino,
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