Tony Brewer

I am always amazed by how much advertising there is about Direct TV Service.  When Teri and I first moved here, we had a lot of people (friends, neighbors, coworkers) recommending that we get a Direct TV System for our own television service.  I wondered what in the world was going on!  It seems that their Direct TV company offers existing customers a financial reward for every new DirectTV customer that they bring in.  So that is why everyone was asking me to make sure that if we ordered it, that we told the company that they recommended it to us!  They all wanted the reward!

Well, I like to watch television as much as the next person, but I have to say that it is aggravating to be getting all of this so-called well-intentioned advice simply because these so-called friends and neighbors would get a reward for bringing us into the customer base!  I’d much prefer to be told the truth about how good the value of the service is and not just get a sales pitch because they want to make some money off of us!

Teri and I went to a flea market yesterday, hoping to find a few bargains. Boy, were we disappointed! It seems that every vendor there thinks that their junk is worth a lot more than it really is! People go to flea markets, looking for bargains, not to pay top dollar! Some of the vendors claim that their wares are antiques, but I think that most of them are not true antiques. One thing is for sure, going to a flea market it is certainly wise to remember the caveat ”buyer beware!”