Quote Originally Posted by highoctane View Post
Do you buy a house without doing research, do you buy a car without doing research, do you blindly buy your groceries at the store without looking at exp dates, do you buy gas from the most expensive gas station, do you buy the first flat panel lcd screen you see without researching or reading the specs, do you buy whatever ram is on the shelf without knowing its specs, do you buy just any tire for your car without knowing what size or rating they are, do you still buy pet food known to be tainted and can kill your pet, do you spray your lawn with herbicide without reading the label and understanding what it is first, do you just up and go on vacation without doing research on the destination.............

Being informed/educated is a consumers responsibility, to think that that the consumer is not capable of making an informed decision by reading the box or ask questions of the product they intend to buy is ridiculous.

If people don't know what the flip they are buying maybe they shouldn't be buying it without getting their knowledge on first, a novel idea yes....
From your description, I'd have to imagine that most of your days are spent "doing research" to avoid being a "stupid consumer" then.


I guess I belong to the "stupid consumer" category actually. I buy food without doing much research, I go for the brands I trust. I buy gas from a station close-by (it's not worth it to go across town for the cheapest station). I buy clothes because they look nice without doing exhaustive research of their material or production method. I have brands that I trust from experience. And buy paying more for these brands, I save on piece of mind.


So, besides hardware, how do you spend your day "researching" the things that you buy? Must be a full time job I suppose!