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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