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Well the issue is people STILL won't see the bottom line price. They will get the monthly price. A LG G3 is $17 a month and an iPhone 6 is $25. People do horri

by baldfat 11y ago

Well the issue is people STILL won't see the bottom line price. They will get the monthly price. A LG G3 is $17 a month and an iPhone 6 is $25. People do horrible math and don't see that they are paying $200 more for an iPhone 6.

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merpnderp 11y ago
People will pay $5K more for an equivalent Toyota. It doesn't mean they are doing horrible math. Maybe they've sold a previous Toyota and realized, used, they bring in significantly more than the Chevy.
- baldfat 11y ago
  Me: You know your paying $200 more for that phone right? Them: No, really? Me: It is $8 a month more and at 2 years that is 24 * 8. So in 2 years you are paying $192 more. Them: Shocked look and than they try to do the math in their head and can't and just shrug. This has happened with family members and strangers People can't do simple math in their head. My definition of simple math is business math and specifically do a 2 digit times a 1 digit number.
  - merpnderp 11y ago
    Are you really an adult if you can't do basic maths? I mean in the modern, self actualized, responsible for you own actions, type of adult?
    - tsotha 11y ago
      It may not be obvious if you surround yourself with engineers and programmers, but there are a whole lot of adults out there who can't do that kind of math in their head.
    - mod 11y ago
      Yes. I would say that the majority of adults fall into that category (not knowing they're paying $200 extra, that is), and they all manage to take care of themselves, somehow. Many aren't very good at that, either.
jseliger 11y ago
"Horrible math" is definitely one explanation. But the other one is that many people use their cell phones for many hours a day and that phones enable everything they do. By that metric, spending a small amount of extra money spread over two years can make a lot of sense for anyone who is not dirt poor and struggling to eat.

by baldfat 11y ago

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merpnderp 11y ago

People will pay $5K more for an equivalent Toyota. It doesn't mean they are doing horrible math. Maybe they've sold a previous Toyota and realized, used, they bring in significantly more than the Chevy.

baldfat 11y ago
Me: You know your paying $200 more for that phone right? Them: No, really? Me: It is $8 a month more and at 2 years that is 24 * 8. So in 2 years you are paying $192 more. Them: Shocked look and than they try to do the math in their head and can't and just shrug. This has happened with family members and strangers People can't do simple math in their head. My definition of simple math is business math and specifically do a 2 digit times a 1 digit number.
- merpnderp 11y ago
  Are you really an adult if you can't do basic maths? I mean in the modern, self actualized, responsible for you own actions, type of adult?
  - tsotha 11y ago
    It may not be obvious if you surround yourself with engineers and programmers, but there are a whole lot of adults out there who can't do that kind of math in their head.
  - mod 11y ago
    Yes. I would say that the majority of adults fall into that category (not knowing they're paying $200 extra, that is), and they all manage to take care of themselves, somehow. Many aren't very good at that, either.

jseliger 11y ago

"Horrible math" is definitely one explanation. But the other one is that many people use their cell phones for many hours a day and that phones enable everything they do. By that metric, spending a small amount of extra money spread over two years can make a lot of sense for anyone who is not dirt poor and struggling to eat.