The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-27
HOW THE PEOPLES
OUTFITTING CO. LURES PUBLIC



me In conclusion that drive men to
desperation. They gave my husband
no rest, following him around from
place to place, and threatening to gar
nishee his wages when we we're
paying every cent we could and even
borrowing money to keep up the pay
ments. It's treatment like that that
makes a man cut and run and leave
his family behind to get away from
them.
Here Is q case that turned out all
right but only when the customer
took q lawyer with him and showed
that he knew what he was talking
about.
The following is my experience with
the Peoples Quitting Co.: moveu 70
east One saturday. shortly after
moved here. I came home from work
and found q cold house. with very poor
p po sosi sta .S p had seen the sd. Of
the Peoples Outntting CO. and went
to see them. ] was, used me when
The tall gentleman at the door turned
me over TO another man. who TOOK me
upstairs and showed me stoves OF all
kinds. | made selection ,ss nsace We On 'h tss
way down | asked him X the stove
would be delivered right away. lie
said that would he all right. and turned
out the contract and l paid $40 or 70
down. ! am not sure which Then
asked about the stove being sent to
sorry: the last wagon has just left for
the last trip tonight" This was the
first sting. They delivered the stove
the nest week. and after II came.
found ont that several parts were miss
ing. ! went to the clerk and told him
about 1t and he said, we will AK that
S S|P ~ no, work lie ' said. I'VE viii send
man up TO fix IT.. IL was SIX weeks
before the man came.
In the meantime ! bought . chit.
about 1t and | exchanged II foS an
other one but was not satisfied with
the exchange. so ] sent Ii back. ! was
not getting my moneys worth. but
was getting my eyes open. had the
No. S. racket pulled on me and told
the salesman what thought the haif
Well. to return to the stove. after
repeated visits to the store they told
me that the stove was marked AS Is;
meaning that | bought the stove as ~
was: that the missing parts could not
he furnished anyway. as the people
who made the stove had burned out and
Is q lawyer In this town and ! went
to see him and explained TO Rm Just
what I had done and what the Peoples
P Penm.yIvan, CO. w sssG the w sovs
made, and received letter from them
so wing that they never had IRE and
could supply any part or parts needed
overchat gcd by 81. Ny brother had u
man sent to my house from stove
company. He looked the stove 70" over
What he said was missing: Piece OF
from oven. knob OF door on side OF
stove; oven damper was taken from
another stove and did not Mt; hrebrick
in stove was cheapest that could be
bought: stove had been remounted
been whitewashed TO make the stove
i told my brother to start suit
SERTED proceedings against them. but
before the case could come TO trial
they made me good oner' sn ,i 10
I settIed with them.
The Peoples cannot make money
out OF customers who know values and
how to bring them to time on their
Misrepresentation. Their prey are
the ignorant and inexperienced, the
poor who can least afford to lose.
| ran across one OF their satisfied
customers the other day asked him
said: mo, have never had any
trouble with them. II they did not
send up what l ordered l fired 1t back
until got what ! paid for. II you
are easy, of course, they work you
to the limit. but II you know what Ia
what. they will come to time"
This man got his experience with
out paying any money for 1t. but 1t is
none the less valuable
My wife and ! were out Saturday
evening ior the purpose Of buying q
stove. We went to tile store or the
Peoples Quitting Co and saw In the
window a combination gas and coal
range. tho kind we wished to buy. This
one was marked (and is today $3.50
/ Thought hat reasonable and went In
side to inquire about II, but upon get
ting inside the man Informed me that
marked 1880 was s4s I asked him
why 1t was marked so, and he deiiber-
ately asked me II I was running the
defraud the public and ne got mad and
asked. who's running this placer
The man remembers me very well.
! Clever rejoinder when a man asks
you to fulfill your promises! Are
you running this store or are WEI"
Here Is another man who thinks We
are justified in what We have said.
| NO. q.
| nave seen your exposure OF the
Peoples Quitting Co., and I will tell
| you OF my experience with them. When
/ Dewey visited the city i bought couch
for s35. The salesman told me Il was
/ the best Imitation leather and hair
tuft. When the article came we found
| IL was the cheapest kind OF leather and
| stuffed with excelsior I made a com
plant and they told me II was not all
/ hair but only little on the top.
| looked mt IL again and found no hair
told them to come and get IL. and
I they agreed to let me have IL for s.
cheaper / kept II for a few days and
when my wife moved Il, one of the
legs fell of, and that settled the bar
I gain.
When they took IL out they told me
! they would make IL hard for me around
! the shop where | was employed by tell
ing everybody / buy goods and don't
I want TO pay for them. | put IS down
and they kept that.
This Ia another typical instance.
\ NO. =.
never had anything please me more
about the Peoples Quitting co. II Is
exactly what that nrm has been doing
/, for n long. long time. Now here is our
experience with that company. We
bought mattress and rug, but we
didn't set what we bought We we're
Ito get cotton-felt. mattress was