The first time someone pulled the “suggested sales”  crap on me was when I was at Roy Rogers Roast Beef a while back.. I was on line ordering my meal and the counter person then said to me “would you like an apple pie with your order”? Sure I replied.. Low & Behold when I went to pay my bill the apple pie we charged to me.. I Complained” Hey  what’s going on why did you charge me for Apple pie? She replied back well you ordered it.. No I didn’t  you asked me if I wanted it I was under the impression that it was a  complementary gift. That was the first & last time That I fell for that.

  To make matters worse when I brought my car in for an  oil change.. The service technician or whatever you call him comes over to me with a little square price of paper with a bullseye drawn on it with a drop  oil.. He says to me while showing me that bullseye with the oil   & says “when’s the last time you changed your transmission fluid”?, I replied back” Are you telling me that there’s a problem? No he replied just asking (auto transmission fluid doesn’t have to be changed maybe for a taxi with over 100,000 miles)  I replied “Then why are you implying that somethings not right” . Or they come out with your air filter trying to scare you into buying one by them for  & 45 when you can pick one up at Pep Boys for half that.

It’s Descepitive its just plain not right. The worst is when they try to hit you up for a donation “would you like to give you Jerry’s Kids or some other organization” this happens even at Walmart.. I always reply that I shop at Walmart to save money not to give it away. I donate plenty to charity at home and in my house of worship.. If you doubt me send a self addressed stamped envelope to me and I will supply you with the documentation… But it’s not their business for to be a conduit for charity . They want to come on T. V. and say” Hey look what we collected”..If they want  to play the big shot then let them use there own money. STOP SUGGESTIVE SALES NOW!

      I remember growing up on the 1950’s..Every Man or boy had to have a fresh haircut once a month. If by any chance you had a special event to go to  in between that month such as Wedding, Bar mitzvah, Graduation, Funeral whatever you got another haircut. That’s the way it was back in the Old days. If your mother wasn’t on your case for getting a haircut then there was always a friend or relative that would steam up your mother my  mother had such a friend for the purpose of this story I shall omit her real name a refer to her as Gertrude  “You let your son walk around like that, without haircut “Yelled Gertrude to my mother.My 9mother would reply back “He don’t want to go to the barber what could I do.? Gertrude replied back” whose the boss you or him.. and my mother would give me instructions “Here’s the haircut money don’t come home with out one. You see  nobody wants. to go there years ago…the Barber Shops were hit and miss as far as getting a good haircut   years ago..you’d  walk in perhaps hair a bit long but none the less looking great …but  and you walk out looking like a shmuck/

er growing up on the 1950’s..Every Man or boy had to have a fresh haircut once a month. If by any chance you had a special event to go to  in between that month such as Wedding, Bar mitzvah, Graduation, Funeral whatever you got another haircut. That’s the way it was back in the Old days if your mother wasn’t on your case for getting a haircut.. There was always a friend or relative that would steam up your mother my  mother had such a friend for the purpose of this story I shall omit her real name a refer to her as Gertrude  “You let your son walk around like that, without haircut “Yelled Gertrude to my mother.My mother would reply back “He don’t want to go to the barber what could I do.? Gertrude replied back” whose the boss you or him.. and my mother would give me instructions “Here’s the haircut money don’t come home with out one. You see  nobody wanted tl go there years ago…the Barber Shops were hit and miss as far as getting a good haircut   years ago..you’d  walk in perhaps hair a bit long but none the less looking great …but most times you’d  walk out looking like a shmuck/

What struck out most was the Unacceptance if the Square Back as apposed to a tapered cut. In the 1950’s only the rough crowd.. The punks.. The hoodlums all had square Backs. Gertrude pointed out to my mother some unsavory teenage punks in our apartment bldg. who sported square backs…. Gertrude steamed up my mother & my mother told me when I came home from the Barber with one.. My mother made me go back and get it tapered I can’t tell you how many times that I heard the snide remark” ” Are you posing for Holy pictures or do you want a violin “?

  When I was in the service I came home on leave in Dec.27th 1967 and returned to my duty station Jan.12th 1968 everyone had clean cut Haircuts.. I used to phone home every Saturday from my duty station..Now it’s Mid February from Florida… My father asked are you growing your hair long? I told I have a crew cut plus every Monday we gave an inspection we gave to get white walls( high and close) My father informed me that along with long hair long sideburns are in too. When  I returned to N.Y.C. in March of 1968 long hair was the norm..even the old generations stopped going to the barbershop . Today  haircuts are in..I JUST THOUGHT THST I”D TELL EVERYONE HOW IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY !

If your contemplating buying a franchise or resold retail store..watch out !!! I’m going to tell you the facts of life concerning these two type of entities..So listen up people… If you want to be a first time retailer and don’t have a good friend or relative who can show you the ropes &, guide you setting up a new business and believe me there’s a lot of things that have to be considered.. From buying shelving to product 0 and also it may require some training such as cooking, baking, dry cleaning, you name, it & guess What? If you have absolutely no knowledge from what I just mentioned then you either have to go and buy into a Franchise or Resale buisness .You’ll be at their mercy and believe me whichever one that you choose your going to be raked over the hot coals. So my good friends hold on tight because your going to be in for a rude awakening.

For the purpose of this article I’m going to omit the names the of the franchise to protect my $10,000,000 in my bank (lol I only wish)

My parents personally were good friends with a couple who lost their life savings on such a venture. They bought in to a franchise which was an eatery which will remain nameless all that I’ll say that it was on a busy truck route. The husband thought his hired help were stealing from register as he was busy land office style busy all day..So he worked the cash register himself..He then had a wake up call. When you buy a franchise lets say for example for 50,000..you put down lets say for arguments sake $20,000 & pay out the remaining $30,000…On top of that there is a franchise fee plus you must buy all your products from the Franchising Corporation including such incidentals which you can purchase elsewhere for a fraction if the price you such as paper napkins, plastic knives, spoons and forks and boy do you get a forking ..and yes they require a minimum order. Well he then decided to sell hot dogs and soup..It wasnt to long before the franchise Corp. got wind of that and told him that only their products can be sold in his store..he then snuck in products and again they warned him ..the 3rd time they threw him out & what ever amount of money he put into the business at that point was down the drain..lost.. Yes he did violate the franchise agreement but he sort if had no choice it paramount to a scam. It was the same with most franchises the hours you put in your giving them your life savings to and if you figured out ..your actually working for minimum wage.

Today they work it a bit different.they make you purchase 5 or 6 places and lets face it the only one who can afford that is an investment Broker for a Doctors group as a tax right off.

Second is the retail business.. At one time a young man purchase a candy store for instance and sold it when he was an old man ready to retire..I remember going into a dog food store for sale..I waited in the parking lot for an hour before I walked in to his store..I was inside talking to him for a good 45 minutes and not a living soul came in…I also eyed the inventory on the shelves and back room and estimated it not to have been more than $500 total.. He had told me he rakes in $6,000 a week in sales alone .. I asked then why are you selling the place? he replied back to me in a weak voice “I’m very sick I’m not well and may die soon ” I then said ”Can I go to your doctor and review your chart to see if you are as sick as you claim to be ?’ No way he replied back but this time in a load strong hefty voice..Bottom line he was full of crap..and 99 % all retail sale of business are phony too. These above mentioned stories are only an example for whats in store…..LET THE BUYER BEWARE

INTERNATIONAL HEROLD

Have you ever been to a fast food or any restaurant that advertisers some sort of special with a coupon..they most always say” present coupon before ordering “

Now let me ask you have you ever ordered the food item at some eatery and item on sale but or presented it to them as your paying and they give you  a bit of an agreement time “hey you were supposed to present the coupon before ordering”

The simple reason is that when you have a coupon for let’s say a sandwich when you present the coupon  upon  ordering they have a smaller sandwich to give you..So be smart..always give the restaurant the coupon after they serve you  when you pay the cashier