Re: MTB: Price of DRADY (was SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES)
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- Subject: Re: MTB: Price of DRADY (was SIB: FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES)
- From: C* T* <c*@jeffco.k12.co.us>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 12:28:10 -0600 (MDT)
Marte Halleck wrote:
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> Celia wrote:
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> > Bill, do I understand this to mean you lowered the price to discourage people from buying it?---------------------
>In retail, if an item wasn't selling well, we RAISED the price.made it seem more desirable, you see, because it was more expensive., sometimes we LOWERED the price & we could keep enough stock on hand to satisfy the demand. People are truly weird...
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I'll say. For entertainment on our roadside stand we'd divide a bushel
of produce in half at random and set the portions out at two different
prices. The higher priced sold faster.
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Carol Townsend, ctownsen@jeffco.k12.co.us