Bad Ads

 We online shopping users need to have a word with our ad makers. The best ones, show you what you want and in addition offer in the fine print, measurements and reviews.The worst ones, to put it simply, lie. Their ads like one I saw today that advertised cars for sale with pictures of tiny electric cars, when you clicked on it wanting to see more of these tiny one-passenger cars, got a big car dealership and there were no tiny cars to view. Sure, they were electric but not the ones in the ad. One of the sites wouldn't let me see their cars at all without "signing in". Realtors do this nonsense also. As an online shopper, I am not interesting in talking to an agent. I have eyes and can see and read about the product for myself. Don't insult me. If I want an agent, I'll ask for one. When a company shows "you need to register" you're not going to see me again. I  make it a point to find sellers who allow me the dignity of browsing in private. Just as I would in a ground store outlet. I do not favour someone following me about yapping this and that or even greeting me at the door. I want to shop my way, thank you. Used to be in  large department stores now struggling financially, that you could find no one to assist. You searched up and down aisles thinking you might be the last person on earth. Not now. Now on line, a name and face pop up in the corner of your screen. Warning. They are usually bots and their language is restricted only to what is put into their cyber brains. If you don't pick from their list of questions, you are out of luck. You are told to check your spelling and words. Huh? Click off that site. Another company I used to deal with shows wonderful ads and when you click on the one that advertises exactly what you are looking for, you get good old Dan in the corner. Once I actually did call Dan and he turned out to be Jose in another state and Jose didn't know anything about the item, but turned me over to Celia. Celia referred me back to the site and the merry go round went on. Ordering from other countries is a shot in the dark. I ordered a lovely white trench coat that I could find nowhere in my country. It came and was beige. The ad said white, the invoice said white.  Another experience also of  a foreign country, advertised jewelry in 18 karat white gold with real sapphires. Looked wonderful. Got it. What came was glass and cheap white metal. No recourse. One learns who to trust, therefore, advertisers need to get up to speed on getting it right. Buying locally doesn't always work either. Supply is what you see. Prices are become exorbitant. Just got word my phone bill is going up by two dollars a month and that a tiny tin of tuna now costs seven dollars. Beef? You might as well go out at twenty to thirty dollars. At least you get sour cream and shallots on your potato. And you don't have to scrape the barbecue.