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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Show us your irresistible offer and we will believe you didn't pull that post out of your ass.
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Why so angry?
I get those every day when i open my mailbox..
y'know those flyers: "SALE! bazillion inches lcd TV
$199 (was $999, only today)".
When you arrive at the store, there's a huge crowd in front of it and the tv's are sold out in less than 10 minutes. 80% of those sheep buying them don't even need a new tv, they only buy it because of the irresistible offer, herd-mentality and scarcity of the deal.
Same concept at online deal-sites:
I didn't just make that up, Paul. It's a well-known marketing technique.
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