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graycyn · 06-28-2022, 05:11 PM

Oh, and there absolutely ARE legit reasons someone might wish to return.

I gifted a requested book about the card game bridge to a relative for Christmas. I know NOTHING about bridge, so I assumed she had read any reviews, knew what she wanted when she put it on her Christmas list. She has played the game a long time and has asked for books about bridge in the past.

She finally got around to reading this supposed book on bridge a few months after the holiday. As it turned out, the tips on bridge were basically: PRAY.

We both got a laugh out of it and the book was only $5. But yeah, that was essentially a deliberate rip-off by the author, who, one hopes, *will* be penalized by many, MANY returns of THAT particular title.

06-28-2022, 05:11 PM	#49
graycyn Wizard Posts: 1,591 Karma: 11722446 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Oregon Device: Kobo Sage, Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma, Kindle Oasis 2	Oh, and there absolutely ARE legit reasons someone might wish to return. I gifted a requested book about the card game bridge to a relative for Christmas. I know NOTHING about bridge, so I assumed she had read any reviews, knew what she wanted when she put it on her Christmas list. She has played the game a long time and has asked for books about bridge in the past. She finally got around to reading this supposed book on bridge a few months after the holiday. As it turned out, the tips on bridge were basically: PRAY. We both got a laugh out of it and the book was only $5. But yeah, that was essentially a deliberate rip-off by the author, who, one hopes, will be penalized by many, MANY returns of THAT particular title.