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Let the buyer beware

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Let the buyer beware.
Prov. Cliché When you buy something, you must take precautions against being cheated, because you cannot trust merchants to be honest about what they sell. Let the buyer beware when shopping for a used car. Several of the lamps among those Max offered for sale were broken. "If a customer isn't smart enough to try a lamp before he buys it, that's his problem," Max argued. "Let the buyer beware."
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However, as the old caveat goes: Let the buyer beware.
Whether it's a firm buying derivatives, a borrower agreeing to a loan, or an insurer guaranteeing against risk, let the buyer beware.
There is a very popular saying in Latin "Caveat Emptor" Let the buyer beware - no bogus university will say that it is bogus , it is up to the buyer to do a bit of homework before making the purchase.
 
 
 
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