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What’s a scam that people still fall for, no matter how obvious it is? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Price anchoring. The marketing trick in which sellers put some random, high number as the "regular" price or MSRP, so the offer price seems like a deal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

Yeah. They get away with this due to our non-existent consumer protection laws. Should be a disclaimer showing the lowest price in 30 or 90 days with the date on it next to the "sale" price.