Guest EXPAT Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I found this today; it was the first ever ad for a car from 1898. $1000 . . . No Agents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TampaYankee Posted July 2, 2012 Members Share Posted July 2, 2012 Why car salesmen have such a well deserved bad reputation. Cars were first sold, largely, by horse retailers who also sold the carriages. They were the retail 'transportation' market of the time. Of course they had to sell the old and worn out along with the young. Hence the embellishments and lies, and the occasional home remedies that gave new life to old hags, even if short lived. A tradition that has lived on although the techniques have become a bit more refined under modern consumer protection laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hoover42 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 No odor? Ha! Only if your sense of smell had been destroyed by smelling horse shit day after day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
