How to get conned

This month, I got conned. 

The short version is that a wide, anti-slip laptop table ordered online was nothing like what was shown. 

So, I decided to do a deep dive into WHY the con worked. 

Two mistakes I made: 

1. Not reading online reviews about the site BEFORE ordering the product (they actually described the con). 

2. Ordering from an unknown site and not even researching the product on other known sites for a price comparison. This ad was repeated on my Insta feed and I just gave in. (When something appears too good to be true, it usually is. - Sidney Sheldon). 

But for someone as risk averse as me, this was totally unexpected behaviour. So, I thought about WHY I had been in such a hurry to order after seeing the ad on insta 3-4 times. 

And the simple reason was: 

I really wanted this product to be true. The existing laptop tables are not able to provide the space we need on them. It was just a big enough ask to take that risk.