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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar
In regards to BigV's post....
I was watching TV the other day and saw an advertisement for a home loan that said it could "cut mortgage payments in half!"
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Daytime non-major network TV is full of ads for shady propositions. A few that I remember from my enjoyment of judge shows (Judy, Joe Brown, and Mathis, in case you were wondering) include: "we'll insure everyone" high risk, low payout, high cost automobile insurance, phone plans through private phone companies that charge about twice what the regular local carrier does, business/techical/medical assistant/truck driving schools that promise to take your money but can't guarantee you'll actually have any skills upon "graduation," personal injury lawyers, high interest short term loans that use your car as collateral and typically result in repossession of your car, and a variety of get rich quick work from your home scams, and of course, the Popeil Rottisserie, and the latest in unusable kitchen gadgets.