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I am so tired of seeing auctions and for sale ads that say "condition is used".
Condition is poor, fair, good, very good, excellent, maybe even "mint", though we all know how that term gets abused. You know, something that describes the condition of the item. "Used" is a loophole that people use so that no matter what condition it arrives in they can say, "well, it's says used - and there's pics". Oh, and how about "The description is the pictures" or "the pictures are part of the description"? Use your words dammit!
ARGHH!
I wish sites like Ebay and Reverb and such would disallow this and force people into a ranked scale. Most hobbies that deal in used goods have published known scales and they're pretty similar unless the hobby has specific requirements.
Sigh... OK, I'm done.
Condition is poor, fair, good, very good, excellent, maybe even "mint", though we all know how that term gets abused. You know, something that describes the condition of the item. "Used" is a loophole that people use so that no matter what condition it arrives in they can say, "well, it's says used - and there's pics". Oh, and how about "The description is the pictures" or "the pictures are part of the description"? Use your words dammit!
ARGHH!
I wish sites like Ebay and Reverb and such would disallow this and force people into a ranked scale. Most hobbies that deal in used goods have published known scales and they're pretty similar unless the hobby has specific requirements.
Sigh... OK, I'm done.