[nitehawk]

Any newspaper can refuse to print any add it wants to !!!!!!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

Any newspaper can refuse to print any add it wants to !!!!!!!

The guy who sells advertising....he funds the news. Generally the cost of the paper doesn't cover expenses.


Businesses are in business to make money.


We all know that. It doesn't make them bad.


Everything can't be run like a large entity who disperses money they don't have.


The Daily Sun is no different than any paper or magazine I have read. It runs ads to make money.


When I see a full page ad for hearing aids, I KNOW how much the hearing aid company is making off of us and it makes me SO mad....but it is, what it is.

[Peachie]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

Any newspaper can refuse to print any add it wants to !!!!!!!

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[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

The guy who sells advertising....he funds the news. Generally the cost of the paper doesn't cover expenses.


Businesses are in business to make money.


We all know that. It doesn't make them bad.


Everything can't be run like a large entity who disperses money they don't have.


The Daily Sun is no different than any paper or magazine I have read. It runs ads to make money.


When I see a full page ad for hearing aids, I KNOW how much the hearing aid company is making off of us and it makes me SO mad....but it is, what it is.

I think it does make them bad if the make money with untruths. I do understand that business in America only cares about the bottom line regardless of the way the get there. Both small and large business.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I think it does make them bad if the make money with untruths. I do understand that business in America only cares about the bottom line regardless of the way the get there. Both small and large business.

Oh Boy Howdy.


WHO knows what business cares for? I know big business has paid our bills for over a half a century, kept thousands of households solvent building trucks and selling them.


It is economics. Stayin' alive. etc.etc.etc.


Truth, justice and the American way. Free Enterprise. How it works.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by downeaster

The advertiser provides the layout and the paper prints it. Newspapers are loaded with misleading ads. Auto dealers, hearing aids, medicare advantage plans, insurance, satellite TV, etc. etc., and they work.

If they banned misleading ads, there probably wouldn't be any women's magazines. "Use this night cream and take years off your age .... 95% of users have noticed an improvement after just two days"...

[CassieInVa]

I wouldnt call $10 increase over amazons price, price gouging- even with no free shipping? I think these ads pretending to be articles have been around a long time.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Oh Boy Howdy.


WHO knows what business cares for? I know big business has paid our bills for over a half a century, kept thousands of households solvent building trucks and selling them.


It is economics. Stayin' alive. etc.etc.etc.


Truth, justice and the American way. Free enterprise.

Go back and read my post. I KNOW WHAT BUSINESS CARES FOR. I can respect that some do not, but please allow me my opinion that is based in fact.

[graciegirl]

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[Polar Bear]

Where do you draw the line if you try to decide what ads are misleading due to format, etc. VERY slippery slope.

Buyer beware.

Ads like the one referred to in the OP have been around forever.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

...Businesses are in business to make money.

We all know that. It doesn't make them bad...

You say that like it's a given to everyone, Gracie. (And it should be.) Unfortunately, I think some do believe that the goal of making money is inherently bad.

I'll never understand how those folks think our great country could have been established, prospered and grown without the efforts of entrepreneurs to make money.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Where do you draw the line if you try to decide what ads are misleading due to format, etc. VERY slippery slope.

Buyer beware.

Ads like the one referred to in the op have been around forever.

I don't like it, but you are absolutely correct. If these ads would be policed before printing I think we would have less need for crimes against seniors. Most business would not tie their name to this type ads fortunately. I appreciate when folks on this site call a crock a crook.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

You say that like it's a given to everyone, Gracie. (And it should be.) Unfortunately, I think some do believe that the goal of making money is inherently bad.

I'll never understand how those folks think our great country could have been established, prospered and grown without the efforts of entrepreneurs to make money.

Very true. If you have strong moral values, you will not survive in business today. It used to be the fair business man was the one we looked for, but in our busy world today we go for the most conveinace or the best price. An honest morel business can't make it today.

[rubicon]

The topic of the thread was a heads up on the advertisement on page A10 which carried us from the darn developer to the evils of capitalism.

Must of us know greed when we see it but it is more difficult to define.
Another aspect is that people can not or will not distinguish between gross profit and net profit and there is a big difference between the two in most industries,

Deceptive and/or misleading advertising has been around since the beginning of time

[Golfingnut]

Deceptive and/or misleading advertising has been around since the beginning of time

Definitely a true statement. Speaking for me, I DON'T like it.