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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say anything. Nor did he overcharge.<br />
Yours,<br />
PAT'S LETTERS 27<br />
of another garage, and the shop foreman looked at<br />
me through a fishy eye. "Those coil wires do work<br />
loose sometimes on rough roads," he said, looking<br />
significantly at the smooth street. "Funny it happened<br />
right in front of our place."<br />
I think the next fellow saw the marks of the string<br />
on the rubber insulation of the wire. But he didn't<br />
PAT.<br />
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
January 10<br />
DEAR BILL :<br />
If only I could get that wire back again without<br />
Or<br />
lifting the hood and making myself conspicuous I<br />
do something so that if I visit a garage that can't<br />
take care of me I can drive away again. It's got to<br />
be some trouble that can be created over and over<br />
again without damage because we've got to cover<br />
the whole country on this thing if we get a formula<br />
that proves anything. You can put a spark-plug wire<br />
back without tools, and so there'd be no tool marks<br />
showing, even after 50 tests.<br />
Yours,<br />
PAT.
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