Looking through the Allmylifeforsale.com pages, the descriptions all told a story about the item displayed. All the descriptions I read were very subjective. For the item that I chose, “Jump Around, House of Pain tag # 001018”, the author told the story of his roommates and him jamming out to this album while listening to college radio. On the other side of the spectrum, when browsing Ebay.com for the same product, the descriptions were very objective. Stating only the details of the products, the title of the album, the release year, etc.
On Allmylifesale.com, I could easily visualize the product, not by direct description, but through how the writer wrote about the product. The author told a story in each description, making it more accessible to the reader. It felt more relatable in terms of whether or not one could see themselves buying the product. On Sellmylife.com, the author told the story of how he and his friends would dance to the song. He wrote “College radio used to be the only place that you could hear hip-hop… We used to have this dance called the "fuckshitup" where Paul, Trey, Dennis and I would all start jumping up and down from one leg to the other often bumping into each other and falling down.” On Ebay.com, though easy to see what the product was …show more content…
Basically, I like to know what I am buying and if I am going to like it, but also I like knowing the story behind a product as well. I feel that it is an important factor to be informed about the product, but also the sense of nostalgia that comes along with it. I like stories and am more inclined to buy a product with a story. This is me personally as a consumer. I can’t speak for everyone, obviously. Out of the two descriptions on Ebay.com, I would be more likely to purchase the second auction, though more expensive, because I had the option to preview it and thus I would know whether or not it is something I would actually