> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 May 2007 14:45:30 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
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>>"B. Anderson" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 13:49:15 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>>>>> It is interesting to note that there are thresholds for the prices
>>>>> people
>>>>> are willing to pay for some things. Marketing specialists put a lot of
>>>>> effort into understanding those thresholds. When the price of
>>>>> something
>>>>> rises above the threshold, consumers stop buying it. So they pack it
>>>>> in
>>>>> smaller units and get the price under that threshold.
>>>>
>>>>Interesting. In one paragraph, you call it deceptive. In another, you
>>>>explain why the practice is valid.
>>>
>>> An observation, the marketing gurus may have studied this issue and
>>> come the conclusion about pricing/packaging practices that you are
>>> defending but the fact that you are the lone voice rationalizing this
>>> practice in this thrread while most others find it deceptive is
>>> somewhat telling. I'm pretty confident that most consumers when given
>>> the facts (costs vs. packaging vs. thresholds vs. profits), would
>>> prefer to see higher prices than unannounced reductions in size or
>>> weight of the products they buy.
>>>
>>> I think the marketing gurus need to revisit this issue.
>>>
>>
>>Until some of the participants in this discussion reveal their job
>>functions, I think we're stalled for the moment. I think you know why.
>
> Again, what has that got to do with anything? No, I'm not in sales.
> That doesn't change the fact that the practice is deceptive and
> intended to defraud your customers.
>
> Regards,
> Tracy R.


I didn't ask if you were in sales. I asked an open ended question. What is
your job function?