• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Definitely a perspective trick. The legs are that long to be able to say that the bear is 6.5 feet long. Buyers want to buy a giant teddy bear and instead they get a smaller bear than expected, but with super long legs. The manufacturer and seller knew what they were doing: purposefully misleading buyers.

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      11 months ago

      But why. I can’t imagine “technically true but obviously misleading” would be better than straight up lying

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        11 months ago

        Probably harder to return when you technically got what you paid for.

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      11 months ago

      I doubt they have the skill and camera to arrange a long-distance zoomed-in shot. The factory is obviously capable of making normal-looking 3” bears so I think they sell those too (at a lower price).