Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase 5. The adverb phrase today
is sight-unseen. Okay. So let's take a look at the note
here. If something is sight-unseen, it is without inspection. So you don't get to
look at it or at least you don't get to look at it very closely or appraisal. You
don't have anybody going to appraise it or judge it , to let you know maybe the true
value of it. So that's what we mean if you buy something sight unseen or if you get
something sight unseen. Buy is probably the most common verb used with
this or we could definitely use other verbs that also have something to do
with buy. You could purchase something sight unseen, or get something or bargain
for something sight unseen. So you can use other verbs with it but buy is
probably the main one. All right. Anyway, let's take a look at some examples here.
Never buy any property sight unseen. You know I remember years ago when I was a
kid, I think at that time they sold it through like magazines or something in
there I remember they had like a commercial where they they showed you on
TV that people bought some land sight unseen and then they found out the land
was like in the desert or something like that. But today of course you know if
somebody was buying some land far away they may get to see some photos of it
but just just like anything else was like a house or something you know those
photos are probably always taken from the best angles and you're getting the
best possible picture of the best possible look of it. So it still may not
be what you what you think or what you imagine. So it's still kind of sight
unseen because you haven't physically seen it
you haven't physically been able to really inspect it so they always say
they definitely like with property or a house. Never buy any sight unseen in that
sort of sense. All right number two. Even though you can see photos of items on
the Internet some people still feel uncomfortable buying items sight unseen.
Even though to be honest with you know, many people have gotten great deals on
the Internet and sometimes the item does look exactly
like the photos. But there is still some risk. Sometimes it's not exactly like the
photo or the material was it's not what you thought it was or was made of or
maybe didn't look the same in real life as it looked in the photo. So we still
say this. Or number three I never liked the idea of buying a grab-bag. Yeah.
Sometimes I've seen this like in flea markets or other places they'll just
have a brown paper bag and they'll just have the price on the bag. So a grab bag
is kind of like a surprise bag. Usually they're generally pretty cheap but you
really don't know what's inside of it. That's I guess that's part of the
novelty of it. That it's that it's a surprise . It's a grab bag , so they'll just
throw a bunch of probably cheaper items in there and you get what you get.
Hopefully you're satisfied with it. But that's what they mean by a grab bag. It's
supposed to be a little bit of a surprise and they put a little price on
it. But still you don't know what's inside. Who knows what's there ? Maybe
you'll be very unhappy and say " this isn't worth it.
So let's read it again I never liked the idea of buying a grab bag because all
the items contained inside are sight unseen. So you don't get to see them
before time. It's meant to be like a surprise bag. Okay anyway, I hope you got
it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.