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boswd · 08-05-2010, 12:34 PM

it's also the oldest marketing trick in the book. Have a limited amount of stock available, enough that it sells out quickly and then do the "Look at us, everyone is buying up our product so fast we can't keep them in stock". Barnes and Noble did it with the Nook, Nintendo did it with the Wii, Motorola and verizon is doing with the Droix X etc.
It's. SOP for products now adays.

Nothing to get all Amazon sheepish over.

It's kind of like that club that has that huge line in front and when you finally get in you find the place has plenty of room .
You create "a line" to say to people "We are the 'it' place to be, people line up just to get in".

08-05-2010, 12:34 PM	#17
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	it's also the oldest marketing trick in the book. Have a limited amount of stock available, enough that it sells out quickly and then do the "Look at us, everyone is buying up our product so fast we can't keep them in stock". Barnes and Noble did it with the Nook, Nintendo did it with the Wii, Motorola and verizon is doing with the Droix X etc. It's. SOP for products now adays. Nothing to get all Amazon sheepish over. It's kind of like that club that has that huge line in front and when you finally get in you find the place has plenty of room . You create "a line" to say to people "We are the 'it' place to be, people line up just to get in". Last edited by boswd; 08-05-2010 at 12:50 PM.