buying with confidence

One thing that I've never had a problem with is shopping and my father's well worn wallet can attest to that. Window shopping, impulse buying, rack spinning... I am no amateur. As of late I've had to learn the art and skill of buying online. This task masquerades as being simply a variation of the other well known shopping techniques but has proved much more difficult to master. Descriptions are relative to the seller and measuring techniques are as diverse as a city block. On the right in the photo you see a vintage Kimball planter that came surprising exactly as I had a imagined. What is not in this photograph? The other planter where the diameter was confused with its circumference.