Comments on: Will you ask a question that shows your ignorance?

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By: The Digerati Life

The Digerati Life — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:12:51 +0000

Regarding asking questions. Hmmm…. I guess it depends on how important something is to me. In this case, it’s to do with one’s living situation then, yes, I will be asking a ton of questions. After all, the lady would be getting my money. Now as far as smoke screens, yes they are around. However, if you’re dealing with a legitimate outfit, you should be able to “get your money back” if you realize you’re dissatisfied. But unfortunately, there are many companies that aren’t so generous.

By: Mark Wolfinger

Mark Wolfinger — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:33:03 +0000

“do you feel that sometimes companies complicate things unduly and hope that you don’t understand them?”

Yes. It’s standard operating procedure.
Ethics in business dealings is a very scarce commodity.
The proof is in the fine print!

By: Anuroop

Anuroop — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:51:34 +0000

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By: Ancella

Ancella — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:59:20 +0000

This is an interesting scenario. I think you and your friend asking Qs (such as those described in your post) doesn’t make y’all come across as ‘ignorant’. If at all, it makes y’all come across as logical, reasoning people coz y’all want to evaluate the options. But the lady at the office doesn’t look one bit helpful. What it does look is that she has got this pre-set / formatted macro in which she inputs a couple of nos and it spits out smthg; and this ’smthg’ she shows to everyone who walks in her office asking some Q related to rent. But the ruse of throwing smthg really complicated in someone’s face so as to deter them from noseying around too much and accepting any offer which is suggested, won’t work everytime. Most people will just get turned off or will avoid poking into things when it comes to their money, complicated calcs and other ppl’s suggestions.

If I were in such a situation, I would just get the details of both offers seperately…run back home and do the calcs myself. Thats the only way I would be satisfied that the option I chose was better, even though the way I calculated it was nowhere close to the mumbo-jumbo macro they had for such a simple Q.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:57:51 +0000

I think that you are setting yourself up not to ask important questions, if your assumptions it that asking questions = ignorance.

I would say, this person is hedging her bets that most people won’t ask and she’ll get what she wants – closing the deal.

If I don’t understand, I will always always ask questions. If they don’t know the answers or create a situation where I feel ’stupid’ or ‘ignorant’ (ie. they are condescending) then I simply won’t buy whatever it is they are selling.