"I have been a member of ebay for over 25 years and have found that 90 percent of the buyers do not read listing descriptions. They only look at the title, one photo and the price. Mostly, all of the questions received from buyers could be answered if they just read the description.
It is very scary to see this because it makes me wonder how do these buyers function in their daily lives."
Lots of people just barely function in their daily lives.
I have often thought that many of the Los Angeles freeway traffic jams are due to illiteracy: inability to read the street names on the exit signs.
Those of us who have had "real" jobs, other than selling on eBay, have had experiences where we've written e-mails or actual letters (back in the 20th century . . . ) where the recipient called later and said, "But what is the price per dozen of this widget?" (Or whatever was pertinent in your industry.)
And we point them to the precise spot in the e-mail or letter that says, very directly,
"The price per dozen of these widgets is $3.00."
They have always been with us and will always be with us.
Remember Emily Litella and her rant about "Soviet Jewelry"?
Sometimes they even get to high office in our nation, where they misread the teleprompter and talk about children's furnitures rather than children's futures. Or misread "transgenic mice" as "transgender mice."
