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Re: SPECTRUMe upgrade

In article <29m5uh$m94@news.ysu.edu>, Eric S. Ford <ag471@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>
>[for background, refer to previous posts, same subject]
>
>On further cogitation, I can see merit in their approach.  If I had a product
>worth say $50 or less it might be to my advantage to advertise it substantially
>higher but with some token requirement to permit a fabulous discount.  P.T.
>Barnum said it, "There's a sucker born every minute."  Keep in mind, I'm not
>flaming the product or the company.  I'm just trying to puzzle through their
>marketing technique.

I don't know why, since it's not particularly unique. I've seen at least
a couple of similar strategies.

>Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu


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