REPAIRMEN MAY GYP YOU-1951
"For six months," says The Neiv York Herald Tribune, "the two authors of this perturbing little volume made a nationwide investigation of the higher nature, if any, of the American repairman. Buying a used car of distinguished make, they engaged the assistance of a lady who looked more helpless than she was, and traveled 19,000 miles, with 1,700 calls on repair shops." "And no one," adds the Boston Post, "could ever pass this book with indifference Whatever your experience with repairmen may have been, you'll find its counterpart here. You will point it out with great satisfaction, and you'll say: 'There! That's exactly what happened to me once.' And you're lucky if it has happened only once. The Post can't think of any subject for research that touches more people. Buy this book, and you will get your money back, over and over, in amounts saved through your wisdom." "There are some amusing stories in it," says the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post thinks that the funniest were "the authors' experiences with the Rube Goldberg testing machines used by some shops to impress customers." "The articles in The Reader's Digest were interesting," remarks the Springfield Republican, "but they left room for doubt. The book, however, with details of the almost laboratory caution used by the authors in making their tests, is alarmingly convincing."
"For six months," says The Neiv York Herald Tribune,
"the two authors of this perturbing little volume made a
nationwide investigation of the higher nature, if any, of the
American repairman. Buying a used car of distinguished
make, they engaged the assistance of a lady who looked
more helpless than she was, and traveled 19,000 miles, with
1,700 calls on repair shops."
"And no one," adds the Boston Post, "could ever pass
this book with indifference Whatever your experience with
repairmen may have been, you'll find its counterpart here.
You will point it out with great satisfaction, and you'll say:
'There! That's exactly what happened to me once.' And
you're lucky if it has happened only once. The Post can't
think of any subject for research that touches more people.
Buy this book, and you will get your money back, over and
over, in amounts saved through your wisdom."
"There are some amusing stories in it," says the Baltimore
Sun, and the Washington Post thinks that the funniest were
"the authors' experiences with the Rube Goldberg testing
machines used by some shops to impress customers."
"The articles in The Reader's Digest were interesting,"
remarks the Springfield Republican, "but they left room
for doubt. The book, however, with details of the almost
laboratory caution used by the authors in making their tests,
is alarmingly convincing."
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102 <strong>REPAIRMEN</strong> WILL GET <strong>YOU</strong><br />
he could find in the trash can. It had a break in<br />
it; it hadn't even been wiped off;<br />
it looked like a<br />
condenser from an early model Ford. I asked for<br />
a receipt and had an awful time getting<br />
it.<br />
He<br />
tried to give me one on a plain piece of paper,<br />
but I finally got him to make one out on the<br />
garage billhead for $1.85. We shipped the condenser<br />
via fast mail to Bill in New York to add<br />
to what we call the Riis Museum.<br />
CASE 290. Laredo, Texas. This garage<br />
is located<br />
right on the bank of the Rio Grande, on the<br />
road that leads into Mexico across the International<br />
Bridge. When I returned for the car the<br />
mechanic told me: "You needed a new fuel<br />
pump. I've just put one on." "That's funny," I<br />
said. "Not many weeks ago the car was gone over<br />
thoroughly; they installed a new fuel pump."<br />
The mechanic said :<br />
"No, they didn't."<br />
(Patric's note Yes, they :<br />
did! I saw it come out<br />
of its factory carton and Conf alone said: "It's a<br />
shame to put on a new one when your<br />
old one is<br />
perfect")<br />
The mechanic figured out the bill ;<br />
it would be<br />
$4.50. I told him I'd like the old pump, maybe
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