The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-20
APPRAISAL BOARD
 FOR AUTOMOBILES ESTABLISHED HERE

The majority of automobile dealers
 of Bridgeport have taken an advanced
 step toward stabilizing the used car
 market and protecting all automobile J users in the disposition of their cars
 when trading them in purchasing new | transportation.
 A competent appraiser, with perma- nent headquarters at 1912 Park ave- nue. has been engaged, whose duties will be to give an unbiased appraisal on any car which a prospective Pur- chaser is considering tradlnS III. tne fact that this appraisal has been Ilaue will be a matter of conHueithL tha formation, available only 10 the ap-
 The office will be open week days from S:3O a. m. until 6 p. m; Heretofore, the buylng PuDltc anu the dealer have been at eacd others s
 mercy, and in many cases botn nave suffered through misrepresentatlons perhaps unintentionally made. But with the operation or tne pressn' ts ;I1ai, pIal, the car owner will always pc gwen the fair and honest price for ms auto mobile, and the dealer will pay what the car is worth.
 The local dealers are entnuslastlc at the reception with which the idea has been greeted. The plan as out lined will mean that the owner Will not feel compelled to take up several days shopping about, trying 10 ols- pose of his car at the highest dollar. If he wants to make an exchange, he takes his automobile to the apprais- CTS office, and the appraiser, after examining 1t, issues an appra!SIal tIa automobile. For this certificate, nominal fee is charged, which in turn is refunded to the owner by the dealer who takes the automobile Tn eXchanSe towards new car-
 Tn al lxi aOnralSal. praiser takes into consideration the age, mechanical and physical cond1- tion, giving credit or debit as the case may be. Thus an owner who has tax, en good care of his automobile will be rewarded.
 In extending this service to the pub Iic those Bridgeport dealers who have been asked about it believe that the automobile owners will appreciate the StabiliZatiOn of values. One or the prominent distributors said-"There is an investment of many millions of dollars in automobiles in the hands of owners in Bridgeport These own CTS have never been sure of the value of their investments By this service the true market price Of the1r auto mobile is given them through an un- biased and expert source. Thus mil lions of dollars in the hands of the public in merchandise, which hereto fore had no definite value, will be- come fixed as to it's marketab1lity. The thought is trem endous."
 An owner, well known financial man in the city, said-''I believe it is the finest innovation ever introduced into retail merchandising of automo- piles. In the past, the prices offered by dealers for used automobiles have huctuated so widely that prospective purchasers have felt it their duty to waste considerable time shopping, with the result that they became more confused the further they went, and were very often persuaded to buy a car that was not what they wanted or suited to their use by what appeared to be a big allowance price for their old car. Very often the big allow ance proved to be another way of cut ing the price of the new car, which was not worth the billing price,
 Others who have heard of the plan believe that it is the most progressive step ever undertaken to safeguard the public's investment in motor cars, and the dealers who have adopted it have been congratulated on their fore thought and cooperation with the owners.