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12-31-2025, 11:20 AM
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Unless you were born yesterday, you learn that certain old expressions last because there is a lot of truth in them.
A) "If it seems too good to be true, it usually is" requires that you really know what truth is.
B) "Experience is the best teacher" This almost always requires a 'bad' experience.
C) "Caveat Emptor" has become the rule. People have become lazy, and that has, unfortunately, translated into a seller telling you anything that gets his item sold. Integrity isn't what it used to be. See A. above.
Knowing C, above, is usually more costly than just the return postage.
D) "Do Your Homework". Know as much as you can learn, about what you are searching for. It isn't just what your mother told you when you wanted to go out an play. If you don't know as much as possible about what you're buying, You are ripe to learn what B, above means.
My favorite is " Ignorance is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result" This is what happens when we don't remember what we learned. It almost always happens every four years.
There is so much truth in what my favorite author, Mark Twain, said. If he was alive today, He'd probably make more money selling Motivational Posters. There are a lot more ignorant people today, than when he was around.
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12-31-2025, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by edgarspencer
Unless you were born yesterday, you learn that certain old expressions last because there is a lot of truth in them.
A) "If it seems too good to be true, it usually is" requires that you really know what truth is.
B) "Experience is the best teacher" This almost always requires a 'bad' experience.
C) "Caveat Emptor" has become the rule. People have become lazy, and that has, unfortunately, translated into a seller telling you anything that gets his item sold. Integrity isn't what it used to be. See A. above.
Knowing C, above, is usually more costly than just the return postage.
D) "Do Your Homework". Know as much as you can learn, about what you are searching for. It isn't just what your mother told you when you wanted to go out an play. If you don't know as much as possible about what you're buying, You are ripe to learn what B, above means.
My favorite is " Ignorance is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result" This is what happens when we don't remember what we learned. It almost always happens every four years.
There is so much truth in what my favorite author, Mark Twain, said. If he was alive today, He'd probably make more money selling Motivational Posters. There are a lot more ignorant people today, than when he was around.
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You’d be somewhat amazed how stupid the possible buyers have become . I try and put every negative in anything I list as well as taking pictures of bumps bruises scratches and cracks . I also put in the pertinent info like barrel length chamber length choke DAC DAH LOP and weight , and you’d be surprised how many SOB’s cannot be bothered to read the damn description and must ask stupid questions that are answered in the description . While I don’t disagree with anything you said it’s a two way street both lazy and stupid are not a one way street .
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