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Article: Small ads, big deals! Find a bargain and maybe even a job by looking in your newspaper's classified ads. (Reality Check).
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- Know Your World Extra
- Article date:
- February 21, 2003
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Many smart newspaper readers know the first place to look for a cheap used car and other bargains. They also know where to look if they want to find a job.
The answer is the classified ads.
Classified ads are found in the back of most daily newspapers. They are small ads in small print. Most classified ads are just a few lines long.
In most cases, people who buy the small ads pay by the word or by the line. Shorter ads cost less money to place.
People place classified ads to sell things or to list job openings. Classified ads get their name because they are listed by class, or category. Those categories include "Help Wanted" and "Lost ...