New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

precisely the same spring AZ Sll.OO.
Taking the bed with the spring, Z Is
evident that Goldburg's has not changed
Is spors since it was evicted from me
columns Of The Tribune.
In stating. through their advertise.
meHt. we're offering some wondertuI
values" Finkenberg's furniture store.
az l2ith Street and Third Avenue, IS
quite accurate. The store indu5Itao!y
offers the values, both in newspaper
Advertising and in window-bsit. That's
as far as Il goes. Try 10 take advan'
tage OF the offer and the store take
advantage Of you. You may get the
goods advertised, but not, il you dup!li-
cate The Tribune's experience, At the
price advertised.
Having duly noted large and gen
eral advertisement of g January sale
in the pages OF the Journal, the IN
yesticators went up 20 l2ith street
looking for a bed. There had been an
imposing looking specimen OF sleeping
apparatus priced at Sls.ss III tne
Journal. In the resdy-balted WINDOW
appeared a bed with a tag upon winch
the legend "sl99S Sale" mad super
seeded the figure $3.50" crossed out. one
S.lyerstone, led the way 70 an upper
Focr. where an examination OF the
stock resulted in the discovery or TWO
beds. duplicates Of the window oalt;
what is the price Of this bed?' Mr..
Sllverst0ne was asked.
That's Jhirty-four nifty.
For a thirty dollar bed reduced IN
the window 70 sl9.9S this seemed eX-
cessive. The fact that the private code
number Indicated S2T as the minimum
price in the stores sliding scale was
not reas surfing.
Haven't you anything in this style
for less money!" asked the inyestiga-
tor.
"Eo. This is very high-clsss bed.
The uYice j. going up a.! the time;
The longer you wait the more y0uII
have 20 pay ,,
But I'm sure saw beds Of this kind
e. less money.
ooh. we've got cheaper beds. OF
course" he admitted, sCd led the way
20 a much inferior line. Even tnese
were priced at S25..
II thew had anything like the bed in
the window advertised az Sls.ss, Dir.
Sflverstone didn't know Of il. The VIM
dow-sign Everything Sold at sale
Pisces" didn'. seem 70 extend its sphere
of influence 20 the upper floor. So the
Sl9.9s bed. code-marked S2700, was pur-
chased for $3.50. No cash discount,
even on this extravagant price, was o.
fered. though il was a cash deal.
The bed is of steel tubing with
heavy brass coating. A fair retail! price
for il would be $1,000. Therefore the
extra cost 20 the public of that picture
in the paper with the sl9.9s fake price
attached is something above 900.
Not all the local insJalment furniture
houses arc crooked. There are some-very
few-which do an honest business.
These do not juggle prices; they DO
not display window bait; they 90 not
publish mythical pictures or mythical
figures in the newspapers. They sell,
as a.y other decent store does, at
specified figure.
Any store that does otherwise is a
store 10 shun. II you are going 70
buy from advertised presentations,
whether pictured in the papers or eX-
hibi,ed in show windows. see 70 u tina,
The facts match the presentations:
II they do not, if one price is offered
and another asked, remember this:
that Of two prices you will always get
the worse.
IL this class of store there IS but one
sign which you may safely follow.
Il is the one marked Exit