re: Which of these scams did your parents/grandparents fall for?

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World Book Encyclopedia

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My parents bought a set in 1987. That was the internet of my day, and the first stop for school reports. Useless today, but not back then.

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Same. Red binding. I don't see how this is considered a scam. Certainly a large purchase that poor families could not afford, but we were middle class so we had them. Other kids in the neighborhood would use them too. I also remember it came with a dictionary so large it was broken up into two books, much larger than the Oxford dictionary.

I also don't see how buying a vacuum cleaner is a scam. Whether you buy it from Sears or a door to door salesman, you are exchanging money for a product you need.

World Book, Texas Instruments, and Strunk & White's "Elements of Style" got me into UGA. Decent investments.