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Countdown timers and ‘Only 4 left’ are often scams, but they should note a few sites like eBay get a pass since for simply giving true facts about the auction.
by jimmaswell 1y ago
Countdown timers and ‘Only 4 left’ are often scams, but they should note a few sites like eBay get a pass since for simply giving true facts about the auction.
- m463 1y agoIsn't an auction itself a giant dark pattern? Also, ebay mixes auction with buy it now in the same item.
- explodes 1y agoBuy-It-Now combined with an auction is exactly like selling a car listed with O.B.O. (e g. ”$5000 or best offer"). This doesn't seem like a dark pattern to me for either side of the transaction.
- subscribed 1y agoI like it a lot. I either want something NAOW and don't mind a slightly higher price than I'd pay if I waited a few days.
- Centigonal 1y agoAuctions are great price discovery mechanisms. Nothing wrong with that IMO
- theoreticalmal 1y agoOnly if you consider voluntary interpersonal economics a dark pattern