Sorry, the joke went over your head.
Err, no, it don't think so, it just wasn't that funny (and cupboards
have been sold in London as bedsits). In fact, I was responding in kind but it seems you missed it.
Let me explain.
Selling a fridge
as an apartment would be a blatant mis representation of the item, as would selling a wheelbarrow
as a mobile home, agreed? But, selling a box as a box when it's
described as a box,
isn't.
The ebay sale was an attempt at mere misdirection. Bidders
presumably assumed it was mis-described in error and was
actually a console whereas it
was just a box and
described as such. To them it was (prima facie) a perfectly honest sale of an item
inaccurately described. Whereas in fact it was (almost certainly) a 'dishonest' (i.e. one
intended to mislead) sale of an item but one
accurately described.
The point
as per the OP being that to be fooled by such simple misdirection would require a certain level of gullibility and expectation (whereas no one really buys a wheelbarrow to be a home). The allegation of 'theft' is one
you applied based presumably on an angry reaction to your own similar (mis)interpretation. No one likes to be fooled, it's a natural response.
Now, going back to my first paragraph - just to make it
quite clear; if I saw (and bought) a walk-in fridge (or wheelbarrow) for sale
as a home because it was listed in 'apartments for sale' even though it
wasn't described as one, (or, frankly even if it was) would that make the seller a thief or me
incredibly stupid?
That's
far more time than this warranted.:smile:
