Exactly. Anchor that price high, sell it low. Everyone at the old price will think they got a deal and "now its back to normal". Everyone coming in now won't kn

Exactly. Anchor that price high, sell it low. Everyone at the old price will think they got a deal and "now its back to normal". Everyone coming in now won't know any better. If they didn't have sales at the old price, they wouldn't have anyway with the higher price anchor. There is never a reason to go too low early when you can just put that price up as a "discount" from the start.