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"I wouldn&amp;#039;t go so far as to say I am a fine-print junkie\u2014but I could see someone calling me that. This fascination isn&amp;#039;t some weird quirk that I&amp;#039;ve had from birth or even a learned behavior that I pursued. It&amp;#039;s the result of getting burned too many times because of what lurks in the tiny type\u2014on credit card applications, sales flyers, even the label on my laundry detergent. Thankfully, my fine-print surprises of late have been minor compared to those of a few trusting souls tricked recently in New York City&amp;#039;s construction boom. These folks bought new Manhattan apartments before construction even began\u2014based on detailed blueprints they reviewed and accepted. In writing. Legally. Months later, they walked into their dream homes\u2014only to be met with rooms that are significantly smaller and ceilings that are lower than what is spelled out on the plans, and appliances that are not the brand names agreed to. What happened? They failed to read the fine print that says, among other things, &amp;quot;square footage is approximate&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;appliances will be of similar quality.&amp;quot; Who would have thought that a room drawn on the plans as being 11 feet 2 inches by 12 feet 8 inches would turn out to be an approximation? Here&amp;#039;s another example of misleading fine print: Wouldn&amp;#039;t any reasonable person assume that if the container declares &amp;quot;96 Loads,&amp;quot; you&amp;#039;ll have enough detergent to last for 8 months, doing 3 loads of laundry per week? Let me do the math: 3 loads times 4 weeks equals 12 loads a month; 96 divided by 12 equals 8. Right? Now, I wouldn&amp;#039;t quibble over a couple of weeks, give or take. But when I ran out in less than half that time\u2014even though I&amp;#039;m careful to measure\u2014I figured that something wasn&amp;#039;t right! I decided to investigate. Sure enough, right there on the back, in very small print, the manufacturer discloses that &amp;quot;96 Loads&amp;quot; refers to small loads\u2014the lowest line marked &amp;quot;1&amp;quot; on the measuring cup, not the line marked &amp;quot;3,&amp;quot; which I use and I bet everyone else who measures does, too. Look, I have an extra-capacity machine. Why on earth would I run small loads? What I thought was a bargain turned out to be very expensive detergent. I was burned by the fine print. I&amp;#039;ll admit that my angst over laundry detergent is nothing compared to getting misled on a real estate deal. But it just proves once again that, whether it&amp;#039;s laundry detergent or a fancy NYC apartment, what the big print promises, the fine print often takes away. What&amp;#039;s the most outrageous example of tricky fine print you&amp;#039;ve ever seen? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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