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This is one-sided and unrealistic. There is a lot of information in a typical listing (including a lot of nonsense), and I absolutely promise you have bought th
by happytoexplain 3y ago
This is one-sided and unrealistic. There is a lot of information in a typical listing (including a lot of nonsense), and I absolutely promise you have bought things without reading all of it. Some information should be at least in the title, some at least in the first sentence of the description, some at least in the image, etc. Point being, it's all subjective, and sellers can and do exploit this.
There's no need to exclusively blame buyers as a blanket statement in all cases where the missed information is somewhere in the listing. It's uncharitable and unreasonable. Importantly, it's also the attitude taken by shrewd consumer-harming businesses in under-regulated spaces.
- kristofferR 3y agoIt's not about blaming, that was not my intention. I agree with you in principle, in an ideal world reading the description carefully shouldn't be necessary, but as we don't live in that world, and as you said sellers do exploit that, reading the description is shrewd to avoid surprises.