In article <C1bnh.24936$Ap5.11787@trnddc04>,
says...
> "yetanotherBob" > wrote:
> > Ability to "afford" is one possible factor, but I'm guessing that the
> > ability (or lack of ability) to think independently and to discern
> > "quality" differences might be another more influential factor. "As
> > Seen on TV!" seems to be a powerful marketing lever.
>
> "As Seen on TV!" does lend an enormous amount of credibility to a product.
> Notice you don't hear anyone saying "As Heard on the Radio!"... there's
> probably a reason for that. Radio advertisers seem to include some of the
> biggest shysters of all time. My favorites include:
>
> Home Funding Group with Howard Olmstead... your "payment rate" is only
> 1-1/4%
> http://www.radio-ad.com/h/media/home...s_2005_usa.mp3
>
> Lucinda Bassett and her Midwest Center... and that second drink, well who's
> counting?
> http://www.radio-ad.com/m/media/midw...s_usa_2005.mp3
>
> The See Clearly Method... who hasn't heard this one... a million times!
> (sorry, no audio sample of this scam)
>
> I really love the ones by the Home Funding Group. Some of them say "this is
> truly life changing". I agree, when they foreclose on you because you can't
> make the payments, it will be "truly life changing"! ;-)
>
> --
> ( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# )
>
>
Ah, the Golden Days of Radio. I grew up in Chicago with at least part
of my chidhood TV-free, and I can still remember some of the ad jingles.

A low pitched, monotone, male voice chanting "MOhawk four, four one
hundred, C-E-T for tele-vision" to the slow, deep beat of a tom-tom
drum. Then the announcer coming on to tout their Quarter-Meter Plan,
with the coin box bolted to the side of your new TV, which was probably
repo-ed from some other poor sucker. I forget how much time you got for
a quarter, but it wasn't a lot, considering you could get five good-
sized Snickers bars for the same money...

Ah yes, the wail of the air raid sirens being tested every Tuesday at
10:30 AM; the Civil Defense shelter signs on the subway station
entrances; Now THOSE were the days. :-)

Bob