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Disingenuous ?

#42
Bother me? Not much since it only takes a few seconds to open a page, see what the seller is doing, and press the back button. However, it does tell me something about the seller and hopefully I'd remember to give them extra scrutiny if I were ever to consider dealing with them.
 
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#43
A pet peeve of mine is buzz words in the title. Specifically: MOJO! I could put that in every single FS title I've ever posted. Using blanket buzz terms feels as disingenuous to me as leaving out defining descriptors (such as skyline)
 
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comatosedragon said:
What are you running, a Tandy 286 with a 9600 baud modem??!
LOL, JK.

Yeah, I know what you mean, but a lot of people search by keyword:
"MTD" as opposed to "Kingston" or "ESP" as opposed to "LTD"

But yeah, I guess 100% disclosure and honesty in the title would be nice . . .
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Most 9600 bps modems operate(d) at 2400 baud. Baud is state changes per second, not bit rate. Just about anything above 1200 bps is using the term baud incorrectly.
 
#46
Joe Nerve said:
Talkbass classifieds should be pay per click.

I bet that would change things quickly :).

Sorry everyone if I just gave Paul an idea...
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Who pays for the click though?

If it was the person selling the item:

RANDOM_NAME1 posted something and RANDOM_NAME2 was acting like a child (not like that would ever happen on here :rollno:). RN2 clicks on the add 100's of times a day just to make RN1 lose money if the item was sold.

If it was the person buying the item:

Why click on anything when I can browse elsewhere for free?
 
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5544 said:
Who pays for the click though?

If it was the person selling the item:

RANDOM_NAME1 posted something and RANDOM_NAME2 was acting like a child (not like that would ever happen on here :rollno:). RN2 clicks on the add 100's of times a day just to make RN1 lose money if the item was sold.
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Yes. That's a very real possibility, though I think there are ways of stopping that. Like there's only a charge on that first click. And it would of course be the person selling who pays.
 
#48
leegreenman said:
It really is, but isn't that true about everything questioned on this board?
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It's a matter of scale I suppose. And everyone has something that pisses them off, often with little correlation to how it "should be" (as determined by someone else, or most of society).

I'm willing to bet that part of the dynamic is the somewhat rapid pursuit by some of "the deal." So when they see "Sadowsky" and see a price of "$1900" they think, "oh man, I'm going to score a NYC - I can flip it for profit." Then they click on the link and get the "bad news."

The fact that scams continue to propagate in modern society is a reflection of greed and the desire to "get a deal." The scams are the more extreme version of the dynamic, but they are related imho. If I see an ad that says "Sadowsky" and the price is "$1900", I immediately think "Metro." I'f I'm curious, I click. If I'm not, I don't.

I try to go the opposite direction. Recently I sold a pedal, had it advertised at $75. Buyer sent me $85. I immediately sent him $10, told him he overpaid, and shipped the pedal. I know guys who would have said nothing and only sent the $10 back if the buyer had noticed and said something. I'm not that guy. Everyone has to determine their own moral compass and what is important to them. I"m far from perfect, but I have certain ways that I want to behave.

The OP's question was is the behavior disingenuous. I'd say it depends on how you define that. It certainly isn't full disclosure, but if it is clear in the ad what the product is, then it is similar to typical advertising behavior done in every industry to "get you in the door". The Fender/Squier thing is different imho, but everything interesting in life is about the gray areas, not the black and white.
 
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lpcarter said:
A pet peeve of mine is buzz words in the title. Specifically: MOJO! I could put that in every single FS title I've ever posted. Using blanket buzz terms feels as disingenuous to me as leaving out defining descriptors (such as skyline)
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I tend to avoid companies with Mojo or Tone in their names for the same reason. It reminds too much of slick and pushy salesmen I've dealt with.
 
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nostatic said:
I'm willing to bet that part of the dynamic is the somewhat rapid pursuit by some of "the deal." So when they see "Sadowsky" and see a price of "$1900" they think, "oh man, I'm going to score a NYC - I can flip it for profit." Then they click on the link and get the "bad news."
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That's a version of bait and switch. You create an expectation in a person which is the hook. Once you switch the item they already have made the decision they want something and it can become easier to sell the cheaper item than if you didn't bait them first. Sometimes it backfires but usually those are the people who would not buy it anyway.

Once our brains decide we want to buy something we start to treat it as ours and this puts us in the position of defending the switch of "our possession" which can increase the chance of a sale.
 
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