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725 in 1992. Most of petitioner's customers subscribed to either
the daily and weekend subscription plan, or the weekend only
subscription plan. About 75 of petitioner's customers subscribed
to the combination plan, and about 5 customers subscribed to the
weekday only plan.
The Star Telegram provided petitioner with a ledger book
that contained 12 receipts (one per month) for each of the
subscribers on petitioner's route. On a weekly basis, the Star
Telegram also provided petitioner with a sticker for each
subscriber that included the subscriber's name, address, and
telephone number, the type of newspaper delivery service, and
information regarding discounts. Once the subscriber paid him,
petitioner gave the subscriber a receipt from the ledger.
Petitioner used this ledger book to record the payments made by
his customers and to keep track of a customer's outstanding
liability to him.
From time to time petitioner's customers would move away
from his delivery route, cancel their subscription for various
reasons, temporarily suspend service for vacations, etc., or fail
to pay for the newspapers delivered to them. In these and
similar circumstances, petitioner would turn in a "stop" to the
Star Telegram. The Star Telegram did not process these "stops"
efficiently, and there was a time lag between the date that
petitioner would turn in a "stop" and the date that the "stop"
would be taken into account in petitioner's daily "draw". When
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