[Twoatlow8]

In the late 70’s through the early 2000’s we has a local weekly want ad paper called the Swap Sheet.
I think in the 70’s it was 25 cents by the time it ended it was $1.50
I found out the first place it was delivered to was a store in the city called World Wide News. It was delivered between 10:30 and 11:00 every Wednesday.
Most of the time I was able to get the first one off the stack.
Now back then phones were land lines. No Cell phones very few mobile phones.
And unless you paid a premium for an unlisted number your phone number was listed in the phone book.
Back in the day most people did not even have an answering machine, you were either home to answer the phone or it would just keep ringing.
So if there was a deal on anything, it was a crap shoot as the first person to get there would get it.
I was always the first call, so if someone was home I would be on my way to close the deal. However if no one was home, the edge I had was called a Criss Cross book. This would cross phone numbers to addresses. It was used by Police and Fire departments.
So if no one answered the phone I was able find out the address and get to nearby pay phone,and wait for someone to get home or just call every 15 minutes until someone answered.
The best Parker I got was a VH 20 gauge for $75.00. I still remember the phone ringing in the background while I was counting out the money!
He said the phone had not stopped ringing since I got home! Lol!
I bet it was a long week for him!