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Mark Swanson's avatar

made me think about how much I hate those fake "only 3 left" timers on websites. It is so much better when someone just tells you what they made and lets you decide for yourself.

J.D. Forrest's avatar

I absolutely hate the fake scarcity tactic.

Mark Swanson's avatar

it's so obviously contrived, we're more wise than that.

J.D. Forrest's avatar

Well, it's obvious to people like you and I because we know the mechanics of the machine. Fools the unsuspecting every single day.

Mark Swanson's avatar

I follow what you are saying and I think it’s also probably not worth it. I’m looking for credibility when I shop online and it doesn’t add to credibility, I see it as a negative and they might lose people like us. This reduces the idea ofwhy they emply the tactic. Even if we’re just 10% of shoppers, it may be enough to simply not use it. Does this make sense?

J.D. Forrest's avatar

I can't stand it personally. I think, reputation-wise, it's a bad idea to employ it at all. But we're not the target demographic for the people that use this all the time. We call BS on it.