If it said $180,000 I'd say no...
But $179,999.99 that's a bargin!
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But that price is for a 6 pack, who needs 6 grand pianos?
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My problem is that I fall for it every single time.
I can barely afford the storage building payments for all of these pianos.
I don't know what I'm going to do if I end up falling for it again.
Does the rule of nines really apply for amounts this high? Just call it 180k ffs.
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I have to admit I appreciate the behavioral psychology behind Costco’s layout.
They put the expensive things first and up front so that, on your way into the store, you’ve been mentally anchored to high prices (even if they’re prices for things you’d never buy). If you even considered or said to yourself “well, maybe someday” about their TVs, computers, or pianos, you are spending the rest of your time in Costco seeing prices for everything else and saying to yourself “hm, this might be a little expensive (even if it’s not), but at least it’s not the price of those grand pianos/TVs/computers in the entrance. Sold!”
Iirc they also purposely don’t label what foods or items are down which aisles so you have to go down them and, on the way, perhaps see something you hadn’t thought you needed before.
Pretty sneaky but effective stuff.
I'm so glad my parents bought me a $50 electric keyboard to lose interest in....
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You know what, if I was one of the 10 people on earth who are in the market for that Piano, it's a bit of a steal..!
Is there a 50-pack?
$179'999.99 is ridiculous. Is someone really going to look at that and say "Oh hey, it's less than 180'000! What a steal!"?
That's where I got my law degree
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I honestly wonder if their generous return policy extends to something like that.
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I forget which Food Theory video this was, but there was one where MattPat essentially brokedown the covert strategy that most supermarkets employ by purposely displaying their most egregious impulse buys at the very front of the store... so after you pat yourself on the back for not buying a £5 prosciutto-wrapped cheesesticks and olive assortment, you actually buy the other things that they want you to buy by the time you're further back in the store.
It's all about decision fatigue. (Don't buy that on sale mountain bike OP!)
Well when you buy those hot dogs on Klarna it lets you keep enough liquid to pay for that piano in cash.
Costco Syndrome: Go in for a pack of gym socks, come out with a 9-ft television and a trampoline.
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Tangentially related; Tori Amos has been touring with a Bösendorfer for ages. If you enjoy the piano, you should give the songs linked on the page a listen.
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They've really got it all!
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If they have one with the additional low octave I'm in
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180,000 is my absolute limit for a bosendorfer. So it's definitely in play.
Next time, instead of buying, take the idea home. Think about it first.
The 180k one is to make the 20k one to the left look cheap.
There is no way you could reasonably demo a piano in Costco.
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I spent a summer in college working in a piano store. It was totally empty 90% of the time, and my job consisted mostly of keeping it from burning down until people came in for piano lessons after school.
They were the local Bosendorfer dealer, so I had lots of time to play a full size concert grand all summer, the one with the 8 extra low keys at the bottom. It was such a smooth playing instrument, that it nearly ruined me for all other pianos. After playing that Bosendoerfer, a mere $50,000 piano felt like a toy.
How much off for the floor model?
I just had to have one! I do yoga in the morning after waking under my piano. Then I run around the neighborhood picking up fruits and vegetables that others just leave behind. Sometimes I do endulge and will pickup a pie or whatever they might have in the fridge that morning. Thr yoga helps to get in and out before people wake up. Then I head over to my first of several jobs. Piano mortgage won't pay itself.
What costco is this? They tend to tailor their stores a little to the clientele. Mine sells a lot of instant ramen. What neighborhood is this, ElonMusktown?
This was a wild thing to see at my local Costco.
Reminds me of this joke (spoiler tag for length, it's not unsafe for work or anything):
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One day, a young man goes to apply for a sales job at a major department store. He tells the sales manager that he doesn't really have any experience, but he is willing to try his hardest to learn. The manager likes his attitude and decides to give the guy a chance.
At the close of business the next day, the sales manager decides to stop in to see how the kid is doing on his first day.
He asks, 'How many sales did you have today?'
The salesman answers, 'One.'
'How come only one,' asks the manager. 'Most of my salesman have 20-30 per day! How much was the one sale you made?'
The salesman answers, '$133,344.00'
'What? What did you sell?'
'Well, a guy wanted a small fishing hook, so I sold him a medium fishing hook, then I sold him a large fishing hook. Then he needed a rod, so I sold him a light action rod, the upgrade to a medium action rod, and then changed it to a fully balanced combo. Then I told him he was going to need a boat, so I took him to the boating department and sold him a 14-foot motor boat, then upgraded him to a 20-foot cabin cruiser. Then I told him that his Volkswagen wouldn't be able to tow the boat, so I took him to the car department and sold him a sport utility vehicle.'
'A guy came in for a fishing hook and you managed to sell him all of that?' asked the manager.
'No, he came in for a box of tampons, and I said, 'Hell, your weekend is shot anyway, why not do some fishing?'
137 spotted, need to mention activated.
It's $2.50 now
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