Sentences with phrase «pigs in pokes»

All it does is give one manufacturur and edge (that might be illusory) over another when people are coerced into buying pigs in pokes.

Don't buy pigs in pokes.

Instead, I voted to approve the draft standard because, without an established standard in place to regulate the headgear that has come on to the market in recent years (none of which, according to US Lacrosse, has been developed based on scientific testing, and none of which the organization - the governing body for both the men's and women's game - has endorsed), consumers are essentially «buying a pig in a poke»: in other words, without a clue as to whether the product they are buying has any safety value at all.

The new standard is likely more a function of the fact that, without an established standard in place to regulate the headgear that has come on to the market in recent years (none of which, according to US Lacrosse, has been developed based on scientific testing, and none of which the organization has endorsed), consumers are essentially «buying a pig in a poke»: in other words, without a clue as to whether the product they are buying has any safety value at all.

«It's a pig in a poke,» said E.J. McMahon of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, estimating the cumulative cost of the deal could exceed $ 1 billion.

They absolutely will not vote Conservative, many will not vote at all, but all are completely disillusioned with the Blair / Brown years and feel like they bought a pig in a poke.

Communicating with the women only via dating sites is like you buy a pig in a poke — you do not know 100 % if the woman is a scam or not.

We want our authors to have a choice of who they work with and not to buy a pig in a poke when ordering all - inclusive packages from other self - publishing companies.

It is only when the author decides to use another service that they find out that they had been sold a «Pig in a Poke» and that they didn't own anything of value (Other than the movie rights, of course).

I didn't find any feedbacks of the customers or any other information about the quality of this service, that is why I was literally buying pig in the poke.

A professional company realizes that nobody wants to buy a pig in a poke.

Remember the saying «Don't buy a pig in a poke» and don't just pick any random and cheap writer!

Why, as a reasonable thinking person, would you want to buy a pig in a poke?

Colloquially, never buy a blind pool, or a pig in a poke.

So I'm basically buying a pig in a poke.

Paying for Early Access, players don't get a polished game, and it is natural that many are not willing to pay a high price for a «pig in a poke».

Among films based on her scenario: Pig in a Poke (Dir.

They bought a pig in a poke, and now that all the county fairgoers are guessing at the weight of the pig, they are looking like fools.

Does WO buy the poke hoping that there is a pig in the poke?

Does WO buy a poke trusting that there really is a pig in the poke?

Is there really a pig in this poke?

Are «those people over there» right when they said that based on their calculations, there is a pig in this poke?

If he buys the pig in the poke and it turns out there is no pig, PIPS will have the money WO was saving to buy food for his family.

«Have they seen the pig in this poke» says WO.

«Is there a pig in all pokes with the same weight and size as this poke,» says WO.

They are asking the public to buy a pig in a poke; to trust them, without verification.

Until individual site evaluation is conducted, all of the temperature data sets are «a pig in a poke», no matter how much statistical lipstick is rigorously applied.

But the MSM were the king makers who bought the pig in the poke and convinced others to buy.

If you are trying to sell me a pig, first you have to convince me that you have a pig in the poke and not two snakes and a squid or, more importantly, nothing.

I too react against someone trying to sell me a pig in a poke.

Usually they are selling their particular «pig in a poke», and I am not buying.

It is possible that some denialist bloggers should have heeded that folksy advice about not buying «a pig in a poke.»

Your high - sounding lament that you don't want to be «saddled with changes» encouraged by people who don't give a «pig in the poke» about «what the profession has stood for» would be more convincing to the poor and the middle class if the profession had made the slightest effort to fix any of the «fixable».

You think I'm picking a pig in the poke by reading a lawyer profile on a website or Martindale?

They preferentially buy books that are available on - line, partly because they know they're not buying a «pig in a poke», and additionally because the on - line copies are searchable, and in effect serve as a superior index into the printed copies.

Not exact matches

Only people who have no understanding of markets, or who are consciously perpetrating fraud, could have either sold or bought these negative pigs ‐ in ‐ a ‐ poke.

«Trust me and believe what I say, I am a professional Pig - In - Poke Salesman» says PIPS.

See millions, billions, trillions traded for pigs, pokes, and lies... starving polar bears straight from the sands of a sinking arctic... snarling snow leopards swept away by melting glaciers... gasping Gurkhas in search of water... coastal residents on stilts... climate grifters juggling semi-intelligent humans... grim reapers galloping the streets... massive throngs wandering aimlessly... You there in the back!