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Originally Posted by snoxracer183
Fair enough. I just wont be buying one. There are a lot of people that have a lot more money than I do, so not surprised  |
This is probably why they refuse to discuss expected price ranges for products in development, the fear that if people actually know what they're planning to charge, too many people will lose interest and stop following their development thread.
It's an old, well-established tactic for door-to-door vacuum cleaner or encyclopedia salesmen. The longer the salesman can keep the mark engaged, the more time and enthusiasm she has invested. The more time and emotional investment she makes, the less likely she is to say no when the final price is revealed.
The salesman wants her thinking only about how much she wants it first. Then, when finally faced with the reality that she might have just wasted all that time and gotten interested for no reason, confirmation bias jumps in and convinces her that it wasn't a waste after all because the product is actually worth it. She'll reinforce her confidence in her decision by telling other people about the product and even bragging about how much it cost.
She might even turn into a total sycophant and attack anybody who says anything negative about the product.
