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Originally Posted by samhy
First, remember that I agree with you. It's only on stretching things a bit that I get what the OP has expressed in the second post (or at least what I think was expressed).
But if I follow you're "buy one, get one free" example, I end up with a 50% discount, not a 100% one. Am I the only one here?
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If you walk in to buy just one pair of shoes, a BOGO deal is offering you the second pair absolutely free
Having bought the ebook at $3.99, Amazon reminded the OP that he now qualified for an *optional* 87% discount on the Audiobook. He chose to pass on the offer. Just as you don't really have to pick up the second item in a BOGO sale.
Two separate consumer decisions, not one.
Modern retail techniques can be confusing...to some...
Cuban baseball players are routinrly baffled by 21st century shopping so most MLB teams run them through classes teaching them how to navigate a consumerist society. And they aren't the only ones baffled by the choices they are offered. Critical reading of market-ese is a skill.
(For examlle, there are actually entire hordes of publishers and authors who apparently still don't "get" basket pricing strategies.)