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Originally Posted by issybird
It’s legitimate to say, “The resolution on the Kindle isn’t very good.” But recommendations should be in the same ballpark as far as outlay goes.
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Or at least
acknowledge you're out of the ball bark, e.g. "The Fire is uselessly slow compared with an iPad, but the iPad costs 20 times as much."
But that only applies if you're TRYING to be helpful. Far more often, it seems the respondent is only interested in being, as you say, superior and unpleasant.
In John F's MR example, I tend to think the MRer was just making small talk to try to be sociable. On Amazon, I think there are just some of the most clueless people on the planet participating.
To be fair, though, when I ranted about the huge volume of "I don't know" responses to Amazon questions, someone pointed out that Amazon solicits answers from customers through a direct email, and some people just feel compelled to personally reply to any email sent to them, not realizing it's true nature.
I'd bet some of those same people have sent replies like "Dear Prince, I wish I could help. Best of luck getting your fortune out of Nigeria."
ApK