Don't you just hate...

@ElicBxn (64052)
United States
September 28, 2025 12:22am CST
I see things that look like I could use. However, if I have to go through more than one screen I'm done. I see something that would be good, but then I have to read one long page only to have to click some button and am presented with another long page which will then direct me to yet another page!!! And half of those pages are satisfied customers! Once I realize that I'm stuck in one of those reads I know I can't afford whatever they are selling! Most of these things are stuff from some email talking about Amazon things, but you can get them cheaper if you go to their sites. (And follow their endless pages only to discover they are trying to hype you up to buy whatever it is. Now, most of the time when I realize they are doing this, I just click out and leave. I will say that I have gotten to the end and realize they want to sell you something, not 1 of said something, but 3 or 5 or... Recently I have bought something I saw on a YouTube ad. But, while I don't need it desperately, it is something I could use. I see this ad, but it isn't the same one, even though they are selling the same product. I will tell you what... It is something I could use. And the item only had 2 pages. It was one more than I might want, but neither of the pages were as long as most of them. And the second had the 'Buy' button. So, maybe I'm not programed to get excited by all those pages, maybe I'm too old? Or... maybe I just see through them? How about you guys? Do you get roped into ads that make you follow a long string of pages?
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2 responses
• Philippines
28 Sep
Go to a legit online store. Scammers are all over the online world.
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@ElicBxn (64052)
• United States
1 Oct
yeah, but with the thing I have ordered I wouldn't have even considered it. Mind you, I'm sitting in a shirt I like with holes and this says it can fix them... basically making a 'yoyo' repair.
@GardenGerty (166285)
• United States
29 Sep
I am like you, an older lady who sees through the hype and wants them to get down to business. For me it is often supplements that will magically solve all of my health issues--yeah, right.
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@ElicBxn (64052)
• United States
1 Oct
I don't even bother with those. If I think I want a supplement I look it up.