” ... many of us on this very forum strongly cautioned that this was a bad idea. We were promptly shouted down.”
I want to believe freepers are all good people. I have seen posts, and I’m sure some freepers believe you should be on your own in the marketplace. If someone sells you bad stuff, even dangerous stuff, it’s your fault for not being more careful. That’s not my definition of “good people”.
Whoa there!
I can buy mandarin orange segments shipped from China. I read reports 90% of China's groundwater is polluted. How can I tell if the water in which the mandarin orange segments are packed is polluted and poisonous?
How about tires?
Am I supposed to ask if a sample of the product I am about to buy can be loaned to me to take home first and tested in my extensive consumer testing laboratory?
Are they going to let me put several thousand miles on a sample tire to see if it holds up?
The average consumer has NO WAY to test potentially dangerous products before purchase!