Source: Geoff Williams - US News

Norma Yaeger, 83, of Encino, Calif., thought she was making a smart financial decision last fall, when, after pulling into a Ralph's supermarket, she impulsively hired two men to fix her car.

"Two nice gentlemen came over to me and look at my fender, which was badly scratched. They said that they had a compound that will remove the scratches and restore the paint," Yaeger says.

They would fix it, for just $50.

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