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Old 05-15-2008, 02:32 PM   #213 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Deserve View Post

Here is a question if consumers are substituting price for an inability to judge quality how does the long form infomercial style factor into this. Don't those 2 things contradict since appearance and style are often evaluative criteria as well.
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I certainly agree with you here.

From my perspective, I would argue that an $80 price tag is not high enough for the product to be 'reassuringly expensive'. I may be wrong, but in terms of the claims in many of these long style ads, I think the price range compliments rather than contradicts the ad style.

I'm not talking about this product, but if I really truly believed I’d make the gains purported in many of these ads, I’d pay a hell of a lot more than $80.
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