The fundamental difference between a salesman and a pimp is that salesman identifies himself as such.
LOL!
So you're saying that all salesmen "identify themsel[ves,]" whereas a "pimp" is any individual or firm who, in the context of their pitch, don't explicitly identify themselves as purveyors of a product or service?
The pimp on the other hand goes to extreme lengths...
Advertising is "extreme" for a corporate entity?
...to portray himself as your "friend" - someone who will look out for you.
All companies do this. As I said previously, no matter what the company offers - tax advice, mortgage services, a new car, a faster computer, or whatever it is they're selling: one of the basic, sector-agnostic tenets of marketing and advertising is to suggest that there is some natural, unqualified affinity between the interest and the prospective customer. Securities brokerage is no different.
Regardless of the exact species of "pimp"...the customer usually gets <word deleted to protect your delicate sensibilities>.
ROFL! I don't know what you mean by "delicate sensibilities," but with regard to sensititivity, feel free to use whatever language you feel applies (SI terms of use notwithstanding).
Contrarily, you have - for whatever reason - seem to have taken on the mantle of "protector of the masses." It's an impossible task, because with regard to customers getting shafted (is that term "sensible" enough for you, LOL?), as I've said: in most cases, they're all too willing to shaft themselves.
When it comes to the collision of personal and commercial interaction, some folks win, and some folks lose, and that's the way it works. Always has been, and always will be.
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