# To-laugh-at marketing

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-laugh-at-marketing/41395>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-laugh-at-marketing/41395 "2009-12-28T14:01:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-laugh-at-marketing/41395/1 "2009-12-28T14:01:18Z")

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Maybe this is the worng forum, but you guys do get a lot of “Was I ripped off” questions. Have a laugh.  
  
  
  
 [http://wpc…nt/wpc/ba/](http://wpcomics.washingtonpost.com/client/wpc/ba/)

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-laugh-at-marketing/41395/2 "2009-12-28T14:11:48Z")

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The cartoon has some perceived truth in it as far as hand tool are concerned; but, some of us try to encourage the getting of other tools: scanners, repair manuals, and other pertinent information. Do many people get these tools? THEY would have to answer that.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-laugh-at-marketing/41395/3 "2009-12-28T16:42:51Z")

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Love Baldo. As with most humor , it is reality based and with reletive refence point, that there’s funny.  
He works in a generic parts store and I work in a Ford dealer parts department yet all of the parts store humor is dead on every time. :)🙂