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I knew there'd be some, but 20% is a miserably high proportion. Does anyone know if that percentage is similar to how other well-known examples of pay-what-you-

• ars 14y ago
  It's probably just people who wanted to see if they would really send it. And it's teens without credit cards. So I doubt you could really compare it to other things.
  • scrumper 14y ago
    First two points make sense as reasons why people wouldn't pay, but I'm not sure how you get from those to your conclusion. Why do those two things not apply to other examples?
    • ars 14y ago
      Compare to leaving a platter of bagels with a card asking people to pay if they can. People are not curious if they can take a bagel for free - it's obvious that they can. So people are not tempted to do it just for the experiment. And people wanting to pay can use cash, so the second situation doesn't apply either. Most real world situations are more like this case than the cards case.
      • scrumper 14y ago
        That answered my question, thanks. I was thinking of larger-scale, internet efforts (In Rainbows, Louis CK) but of course those don't involve physical delivery. Had not even considered honesty boxes. Thinking more, I do remember reading about someone who started a business in DC delivering muffin baskets to beltway-area office buildings. Their business was purely honesty based, and I think losses due to cheapskatery were around 5%. In the end, they'd cut off buildings with rates worse than that. All that is more support for your points.