Question #10
Aviad enquires:
How come whenever someone orders something cheaper than usually priced, it is always broken, no matter how legitimate his order was (eBay, discounts, etc).
Your question is the product of a very well socially engineered society. Chances are good that you have never experienced this for yourself (unless it's eBay, in which case - all sellers are bastards), but rather heard of someone else who's been through this. The reason for your question is this:
In order to hike prices, you have to add discounts, coupons, etc.. In order to disparage people from buying at low prices, you must create fear in their hearts about using said discounts. Fear is created through words - spread enough rumors about people buying stuff for cheap and getting fsck'd - and you've got a system that works in your favor.
posted by Omer at
00:04
3 Comments:
How come it takes approximately 3 days for an answer to be given at AskOmer?
By
Avah, at 25/9/05 21:23
As in Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner, you can ask anything you like, but you can't question the person in charge. :)
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Omer, at 25/9/05 21:51
Why in action movies and some TV shows when there's an action packed scene everything suddenly goes "bullet time" or slow motion, just before the entire place goes boom?
By
Anonymous, at 22/10/05 15:34
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