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We've all heard of pi, speed of light, Planck's constant; but there are words in modern advertising which have values associated with them too. I propose the following starting values, which should make ads a lot easier to read:
Label________________Value
As low as.................2
As
much as...............2/3
Or more...................1
Or less....................1
Up to.......................1/3
Now you can interpret the following signs for what they really are:
Earn up to $300 or more --> Earn (1/3) (300) (1) = Earn $100
Lose as much as 10 pounds --> Lose (2/3) (10) pounds = Lose 6.66 pounds
As low as $500/month --> (2) ($500)/month = $1000/month
These estimates can be refined by consumer advocates who actually buy the product and see how much it costs to achieve a reasonable result or purchase a useable version of what's offered. These numerical values should be published in the top margin of the financial section of the newspapers so readers can become market-savvy.
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[Texticle, Apr 11 2007]
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Ha! But this is not really an idea, so much as a joke, methinks. |
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See link for a somewhat-related gem of an idea. |
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//so much as a joke//
If "As much as" = 2/3, then what does "so much as" equal? |
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I think there may be some room for functions:
Low = 0.9 x high
High = 1.1 x low
Improved = Y x 1.01
Reduced = Y x 0.99 |
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Iterate until required value is achieved. |
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I thought you were deleted in 2004?? :-) |
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Consumption rising techniques make good measures for a company's need to sell, so here's an additional list of how-not-to-buy tips: |
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'Extra 20% free product' = they have managed to increase production 1.25 - fold, so if you buy this, you keep on paying 100% of the price.
'Take 3 / pay 2' pack = they have increased production by a 1.5 factor. Same as above, only it's harder for you to resist to temptation...
'30% off cover price' = Mmmmh, so they still get 50-30 = 20% profit; just a bunch of burglars, I deem it. They normally steal 50% without resorting to gunfire!, not even threats! |
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I discovered a new one, "from". On hotels.com they listed a couple of inexpensive hotels in my Los Angeles area query with prices of "from $109" and "from $119". The $109 actually costs $169 and the $119 actually costs $219, making the value of "from" approximately 1.78. |
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Huh, this sounds suspiciously like standard deviation bell curvery to me. So when they say that you can earn up to $10,000 per month, they mean if you are in the upper 2% of the bell curve you could earn "up to" that number and that everybody else in the company is earning around $3,333 per month on average. |
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Your factors need to be changed. You're too optimistic. |
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Get it at a low low low price of $199, or even less!
Which would be $1,592.
I like it! |
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I should mention the asterisk (*) which seems to have the effect of intensifying the multiplier, maybe raising it to some power. |
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For example, "Save up to $100* " evaluates to something like |
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Save (1/3)^2 ($100) = Save $11.11 |
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