I Buyers Corner Warns On Car Deals And Shady Ads
The column notes a buying window of five to six weeks for cars with many 1960 models available. It warns buyers to shop around and suggests self-moving buyers can negotiate lower prices. It also exposes multiple top ad misrepresentations by firms including Electronic Video. Theta Electronics Tube Mfg. Corp. and United Products Co. It cautions about advertised reprints and misleading earnings claims and describes FTC findings on deceptive employment offers and vending machine sales schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Sgro
United Products Co
Cleveland
Ohio
FTC
Demonstration Ad Uses Quick-Dry Lather Formulation
The text notes creams are not used in the demonstration while a fast-drying lather is employed for the advertisement. TheFTC is mentioned but not detailed in the snippet.
Inferiority Complex as Asset Cited in 1960 Quote
A July 13 1960 item notes a provocative remark about an inferiority complex being beneficial if held by the right people. The quote implies a counterintuitive view on personality traits and social leverage.
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I Buyers
Electronic Video, Inc
Brook
Lyn
Theta Electronics, Inc
Greensburg, Pa
Tube Mfg. Corp
Philadelphia
Electronic Video
Anteed
Dominion Briquettes and Chemicals, Ltd
Winnipeg
Manitoba
George McKibbin
Federal Trade Commission
Barkery
Henry
Mohawk Ave
Beneficial
Warren
Liberty Street
2Nd Fl
Randolph
Bradford
Main Street
Col
South
Forest
Kane
Fraley Street
Oil City
Center Street
Beneficial Consumer Discount Co
Beneficial Finance Co
Consumer Discount Co
Pennsylvania Electric Company