Marketing ploy most commonly fallen for?

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#1 EverWired
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What does everyone think is the most common marketing ploy that gamers fall for?

I nominate "limited" or "collectors" edition of games. They throw in a few (mostly) cheap trinkets and slap on an exorbitant price tag on it.

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#2 ConformestClone
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Endangered Species.
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#3 EverWired
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Endangered Species.ConformestClone
eh? care to specify?
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#4 CripFlag
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the whole axe and tag campaign where the guys get chased down by 1000 girls. that worked when i was in highschool people where spraying axe everywhere
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#5 ConformestClone
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[QUOTE="ConformestClone"]Endangered Species.EverWired
eh? care to specify?

If the game is presented in a lovely Koala fur wrapping, and carried in Panda fur pillow, stuffed with Bald eagle feathers, I would buy it.
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clearences & sales -they say the item on sale from -100 dollers but its the same price

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when i was in hs the axe campaign worked well. it was the commercial where the guy sparys and gets chased by hordes of hot gals. there was axe spary everywhere
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Put one o' these in front of youre store and you could sell dog poop in a bag.

Collectors Editions are up there to i guess...

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#9 AnObscureName
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The way the Tesco near me prices things... Example. The Maryland Chocolate Chip cookies used to cost 80p then in a half price sale they were 40p, then the price changed permenately to 40p (white label, no yellow sale label) then a month or so later, they were still 40p but now had a half price sticker again. Then they were 90p. I was not amused. Another example is the Caramac bars (which is a godly snack if there ever was one) which used to be 19p before randomly they became 38p. Just out of the blue. Which is why I hate Tesco.
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Closing down sale. They are closing down the sale not the shop :P
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#11 shyskillz
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stores like Boomindales, Saks 5th Ave and Bergoff Goodman in Manhattan always over price their clothes ( on the price tags ) but sell the merchandise at 60 to 70 percent off. i've seen neck ties priced at $600 and sell for about $80 to $120. imagine how much a suit, blazers, and jeans go for in these places....
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The ad for Lynx Indulgence body spray made me race to get a can to see if a random woman would take a bite of my ass.
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[QUOTE="CripFlag"]when i was in hs the axe campaign worked well. it was the commercial where the guy sparys and gets chased by hordes of hot gals. there was axe spary everywhere

...Yeah, and that **** be skank-ass stuff. When I was on the basketball team I always hated going and changing into my jersey because it was like a gas room, but with axe.
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[QUOTE="AnObscureName"]The way the Tesco near me prices things... Example. The Maryland Chocolate Chip cookies used to cost 80p then in a half price sale they were 40p, then the price changed permenately to 40p (white label, no yellow sale label) then a month or so later, they were still 40p but now had a half price sticker again. Then they were 90p. I was not amused. Another example is the Caramac bars (which is a godly snack if there ever was one) which used to be 19p before randomly they became 38p. Just out of the blue. Which is why I hate Tesco.

"Maryland Chocolate Chip cookies"? I live in Maryland. We have no special cookies? Unless there's another MD?
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#15 SpaceMoose
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I think you nailed it. I also like how many of the people here did the good old reading of the topic heading without reading your short post.
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[QUOTE="EverWired"][QUOTE="ConformestClone"]Endangered Species.ConformestClone
eh? care to specify?

If the game is presented in a lovely Koala fur wrapping, and carried in Panda fur pillow, stuffed with Bald eagle feathers, I would buy it.

they'd probably give you some jail time just for buying it. imo : effective viral marketing is most commonly falled for. a good example is the "i love bees" campaign for Halo 2.
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#17 shyskillz
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I think you nailed it. I also like how many of the people here did the good old reading of the topic heading without reading your short post.SpaceMoose
well i can't speak for everyone but i read the post, itz just hard thinking of another ploy video game clerks use. my bad if my somewhat relevant post was inappropriate...i just thought everyone decided to list the ploys commonly used in marketing.

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#18 clayron
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Attractive and/or charasmatic women. Everyone falls for an attractive and/or charasmatic lady. For instance, those new progressive commercials with that weird lady in the gaudy red lipstick, who I do not find attractive, makes me want to change my car insurance. I honestly have no idea why either. The fact that she is so excited makes me want Progressive Insurance.

Stupid Cj......*Facepalm*

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