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Re:Price Anchoring, Or Why a $499 iPad Seems Inexpensive by mcantor on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @04:19PM (#1245519)
It really drives me crazy when I'm discussing products with a salesperson and they consistently "correct" me every time I mention the rounded-up price. It goes like this:

Sales: So it looks like the $299 point-and-shoot might match the features you're looking for, moreso than this $399 video camera.

Me: OK. I'm really leaning towards the $300 one.

Sales: $299.

Me: Yeah, sure. Because I don't know if I'm really going to get my money's worth, paying an extra hundred for the $400 one.

Sales: $399.

Me: (uppercuts salesperson into the stratosphere)

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Re:Price Anchoring, Or Why a $499 iPad Seems Inexpensive by ugh on Tuesday April 06, 2010 @05:43PM (#1245748)
Is that really something you experienced? That didn’t ever happen to me. If a salesperson treated me like that I would pretty much immediately lose all respect for them.
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Re:Price Anchoring, Or Why a $499 iPad Seems Inexpensive by gaius on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @05:47AM (#1246863)
That's what they've been told to do, it's not their fault. It's like if you go into a Pepsi venue and ask for a coke, they will always say "Pepsi". Now I just want some sort of cola-flavoured beverage, I'm not that fussed, and they know that, but I don't think "this person is such a pedant" or think I'm being disrespected.
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Re:Price Anchoring, Or Why a $499 iPad Seems Inexpensive by mcantor on Thursday April 08, 2010 @05:10PM (#1250961)
Believe it or not, I actually appreciate this, since if I ask for a Coke and I get a Pepsi, I can tell and my tastebuds are disappointed. So if they say, "Oh, we only do Pepsi," I can say, "Then, I'll have a water," or something.
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