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Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be... by Alex3917 on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @10:54AM (#2008507)
That's not how grocery stores put on a show. They do it by doing things like spraying the vegetables with mist, even though it doesn't do anything to help them stay fresh. And by making the floors look immaculately clean even though whether or not the floors are scuffed up has zero to do with food safety. And of course Asian food stores do the exact opposite; they make their stores look cluttered and dirty on purpose, which signals to their customers that the staff is hard working and their food is fresh and cheap.
Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be... by jessriedel on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:21PM (#2008891)
But that articles and ars's comment aren't about the general practice of vendors putting on a show. They are about the specific case of customers estimating value by perceived vendor's effort.
Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be... by VBprogrammer on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @06:10PM (#2010233)
I suspect you would however pay more for the beef sliced by the 'butcher' behind the counter than you might for the same meat from the shelf.

Maybe not quite as universal as claimed by the OP but he definitely has a point.