How can you say people are not being honest here? You have encountered that type of example where they look for the highest bidder. Here people are just listing traits that a potential partner might have that would lead them to no longer consider them for purposes of marriage. The people you’ve interacted with might not have had the same requirements of religious observance but I know of examples where rishtas have been rejected due to the guys having habits like drinking/clubbing and not observing religious duties, despite the fact that they had good incomes.