when tv ads for toys came on i would always try to convince my parents that they should buy me the toy because it was "9.99 PLUS TAX!" i didn't know that the 9.99 did not inlcude the additional tax, and thought that i would get the toy because of the lesser price
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - I used to think that if you closed your eyes, you convince others that you were blind.— katie B
- i thought that we were all toys in a dolls house and giants playing with us was why we did what we did— Sarah
- when i was little i thought that toys had parties wee little partys when you would leave home— Dominique Tello
- I thought Santa was going to be sent to jail for stealing gifts from Toys R Us.— Sandy
- When I was younger, my cousin used to try to convince me that I was adopted and I sometimes believed it."Anon