Subj : Thanks America!
To   : Arelor
From : MRO
Date : Fri Nov 15 2024 07:33:00

  Re: Thanks America!
  By: Arelor to MRO on Fri Nov 15 2024 04:07 am

 > The feeling you get when listening to a commercial or sponsored segment from
 > back in the 30s or 40s is that whoever made it wanted to do a good job and
 > also wanted to provide a service to the end user. They took much more care
 > to explain what the product was, how it worked that sort of thing. Lots of
 > business deals were considered a long term thing so they really tried to
 > attract customers. There was a coal supply company that would do free

people used to think differently back then.  now we are impulse shoppers.  i'm a super consumer. i buy things to make myself happy.  it wasnt like that back then.  it's simple.

 > business deals were considered a long term thing so they really tried to
 > attract customers. There was a coal supply company that would do free
 > maintenance on your chimney and stoves if you were a known customer. They
 > also sent you a sample ton on request.
 >
 > Think of it. A sample ton of coal.

i'm sure that didn't last long.  or you got one free visit.  that shit costs money.  a company would go out of business doing that.

 > Advertisements today are made for people with null attention spans and the
 > idea is to get people to jump ship on impulses.
 >

back in the day people had less money. so you had to woo the housewife watching to really get her to talk to the breadwinner to make a big purchase.  People think the old days were like leave it to beaver.  It wasn't. people worked hard. genx  people should have talked to their grand parents more.
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