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Ridiculous assertions that someone is being ripped off or conned

How many times has this scenario played out here? Someone purchases product X, and tries it in their system. They report positive results, that it works as advertised, that they got their money’s worth, that they are happy with the purchase. Then someone, usually having zero experience with the product, replies with something like: “No, you’ve got it all wrong! You’re being ripped off! You’re being conned!


Does anyone else understand how ridiculous and absurd these kinds of assertions are?! The consumer who actually put up their own money and took the time to evaluate the product in their own home/system reports it works as advertised, they are happy with it, that they got their money’s worth. Then someone else claims they were ripped off?!


Imagine an agency investigating consumer fraud getting a complaint like this: “My neighbor is being ripped off!” “No, no, he thinks it’s great, does everything he expected it to. He’s very happy with it, but I just know he’s being conned!” Do you seriously think they’re going to open any kind of investigation into it?


You can disagree with what someone says about the effectiveness of a product all you want, but to say they have been defrauded, when they report the exact opposite, is patently ridiculous.


tommylion
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mapman
21,825 posts
 
I always tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt initially except for obvious scams. Then let things play out over time and see what happens. The best one can shoot for is to make educated decisions based on facts and yes perhaps even opinions, if there is a common pattern to the opinion and enough facts to back it up.

For example, someone created a thread containing a questionable url in a link on their first post the other day offering information that nobody had asked for. I reported it as an apparent phishing attempt and the thread was quickly removed.

tommylion OP
872 posts
 
“I always tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt initially except for obvious scams. Then let things play out over time and see what happens. The best one can shoot for is to make educated decisions based on facts and yes perhaps even opinions, if there is a common pattern to the opinion and enough facts to back it up.”

I agree, and take a similar approach.

What ticks me off is when someone, disagreeing with what someone else reports, effectively says “You disagree with me, therefore what you’re saying can’t be true. You’re either being deceived, or you are lying.” That is true arrogance.
chayro
2,922 posts
 
If you want to keep a secret, don't tell anybody.  Once you go public with anything, you open yourself up to all matter of comment.  
tommylion OP
872 posts
 
The fact that people are going to be rude, obnoxious and arrogant doesn’t excuse or justify their behavior.
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4krowme
542 posts
 
Truth or dare. That is the question. Let me say that when I am reading a customer's experience with a product, there is plenty of doubt on both sides. Yes, there are those trying to get rich quick. Then there is a consumer who has poor knowledge about the application of the purchased product. It would be foolish for to buy a streaming device right now, since I know close to nothing about them. If I went ahead and bought one, there would be a very good chance that I would be disappointed. Even worse, is the documentation that would come with such a product, providing someone like myself nothing more than added strife. 
  Ok, so maybe you get a set of speakers and hate them. Does that make them defective? You get my point.
  Don't worry we all have been cheated by sellers who either are out to get us, or maybe don't even have a clue to what they are selling. Then they are taken back at our complaint.
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