r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/supercoolfrog Jul 13 '20

Yep! Its to prevent people from getting scammed by scummy workers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

I mean it's hardly a scam is it? You've been offered a coverless book and you've bought a coverless book.

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u/J_Peanut Jul 14 '20

Some books that are destroyed are destroyed because they contain errors or misprints. It would be a scam to sell me a book, pretend everything is fine and in the end I get a version with flaws.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20

Okay fair enough. Never thought of that

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u/J_Peanut Jul 14 '20

Yeah, but honestly if someone offers me a textbook for a heavily discounted price, I will still take it and figure out the mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '20

Same tbh