The request part looks like something out of Cialdini's Persuasion. Which doesn't mean it isn't effective, mind, but it definitely sets off "someone is phrasing

The request part looks like something out of Cialdini's Persuasion. Which doesn't mean it isn't effective, mind, but it definitely sets off "someone is phrasing things like a car salesman, beware, you may be talking to a jerk who's trying to screw you" alarms.