| Author | Message | ||
     Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
Interesting psychological case study: Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.' For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.' The next day someone stole it. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
I've heard that a few times over many years - I always thought it was one of those apocryphal tales that usually starts "here, guess what happened to a mate of mine..." | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
I think it's illustrative of the way we value things according to their financial worth alone. A nice little fable for our times. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
Very much so - similar to furniture sellers proclaiming 50% off, when they've recently (for 28 days, of course) doubled the price - it's perceived as good value suddenly when it's just being sold for the old price. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
Or authors selling their books at half-price when they have complete printing control of them and can make 76p profit on every copy sold.  | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.155.179 |
76p a copy? Money grabbing bastard! When are you moving out to Bermuda than? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.20.31.211 |
As soon as I grew a Tom Selleck moustache. |