There's an old popular saying about "...a fool and his money..." - these two ads in the same publication illustrate the point in question: they are variations on the long running scam of selling worthless junk by promoting the curiosity of the reader.
Exhibit number one: the "Amazing Mystery Button", which the ad bills as the most interesting electrical apparatus ever discovered. For one dollar. Not only you can build a telephone and an amplifier but also a ... Detectiphone (?). Whatever that is.
"Amazing mystery button", 1945
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Exhibit number two: the "Wonder Electric Button", which the ad *also* sells as the most interesting electrical apparatus ever discovered. The rest of this ad is almost identical to the one above -including the use of the word Detectiphone.
Talk about copyright infringement. Or the same scammer running two different ads.
"Wonder electric button", 1945
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Exhibit number one: the "Amazing Mystery Button", which the ad bills as the most interesting electrical apparatus ever discovered. For one dollar. Not only you can build a telephone and an amplifier but also a ... Detectiphone (?). Whatever that is.
"Amazing mystery button", 1945
-click to enlarge-
Exhibit number two: the "Wonder Electric Button", which the ad *also* sells as the most interesting electrical apparatus ever discovered. The rest of this ad is almost identical to the one above -including the use of the word Detectiphone.
Talk about copyright infringement. Or the same scammer running two different ads.
"Wonder electric button", 1945
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