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- You may not know it but companies are constantly tricking, influencing and deceiving your buying habits as consumers. Basically, there are Shady Ways Companies Are Ripping You Off that you might not know about. Here are 10 ways you're secretly tricked by companies!
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What about when companies price things at n$ but instead place them at n-0.01$?
For example, $3 but $2.99 to convince you its closer to 2 than to 3 dollars.
Luther Michalski i was a young boy when they started that shit and hated it then lol.
Luther Michalski Ever notice that prices almost always end in odd numbers? And what is up with that 9/10 of a cent in gas prices?
Precisely. This is a significant method of fooling customers or at least manipulating them. Good example.
that's the oldest trick in the book
Luther Michalski
there is also the high original price markup trick so it looks like it's been majorly discounted. cashiers are trained to tell us how much we "saved" today. according to who the person making the prices?
Yeah, I noticed the Snickers thing immediately when they shortened it. I got furious and decided to not buy it again.
I love chocolate, you see...
ChaosSigma0 same 😂 my mom doesn't believe me
yeah because fuck inflation and all that it stands for, pls know how the world works before judging a company -.-
Around my neck of the woods, Snickers is a "new-ish" product. For starters there was only the standard bar but now they introduced the two bars pack and the four bars pack. I have only ever purchased the two bar pack once because it was being heavily discounted since it was a new release. Reason for that is because the two bar is about 5% lighter but ~15% more expensive than buying two single bars. The four pack follows a similar trend.
Unfortunately people look at differently colored price tags and think they are actually saving money buying the packs.
We live in a world where prices go up at a much faster rate than salaries, oddly enough...
I remember one time in my local ASDA (Walmart), they had a *great* promotion on Easter Eggs.
1 egg for £6
or 2 for £12.
Yes, this was an actual promotion, "Buy 1 easter egg and get the 2nd for the same price!"
"Buy one burger and buy a another one for the price of TWO and get one ABSOLUTELY FREE"
You also used special marketing on us. The Snicker bar as the click bait.
Snickers is number 3, can't be clickbait if it's there
@@BeatrisaKefalicaHusic7 clickbait can be true its clickbait to draw you into the video such as something interesting people will click on
hence the name clickbait.
You're using a tactic on us now, by asking your viewers a question expecting them to answer in the comments knowing full well that if you get more comments, you get more coverage, views and money.
TRUTHS33K3R you're actually falling victim to this strategy and as am I, and I have a feeling that you're going to fall victim to it again in order to reply to this comment.
Helium Toothpaste oh a view counts as 10 seconds I honestly thought it counted as 50 percent of the video so people couldn't boost their views with click bait titles
TRUTHS33K3R that is how TH-cam works. Even the people who base judgement on other TH-camrs get the same mentality. More views and more money for me!
At the end he didn't thank me for watching or hoping to see me again so I'll never watch this channel again. Being polite and therefore affecting people's feelings in positive way is a powerful way of doing business. Let's see if they'll add compliments in future videos ;)
So you will be back to check the future videos for compliments :P
Is it just me or does this guy just talk very slow in order to pass the 10 minute mark?
Drummercommander yeah every top 10 channel does it these days
What is the benefit of passing ten minutes?
Stefani G you can place more ads in the videos thus gaining more ad revenue
Oumshka ah okay
Drummercommander the irony...
They often increase prices just to "have 50% off" while the actual price is the same
one thing i think companies do is come out with a new TASTY product and then slowly over time lessen the quality of it
ive noticed this in chips mostly
a new flavor comes out and its amazing
in about a year it tastes like they lowered the amount of seasoning in it
very VERY BLAND
Uh huh!!
They probably do this to encourage customers to buy new flavors, which in turn makes them spend more.
This Dude Actually Said Yeah cause once they get big they do care about their reputation as much cause everyone already knows them as a good or decent brand. but if a company is barley starting off they really care about the quality cause they have to compete and grow their brand as a “good brand”
It may be partly due to the fact that the federal government caused a reduction in salt in foods. Federal requirements lower the threshold of salt that could be present in a food.
I've noticed that long ago. That's one reason I barely buy chip bags
I'm glad I grew up poor. I always notice this kind of thing, I just ignore it.
Gravity That's why you noticed it quicker
Same here especially when you work in the food business
omg same. I was like, well, the size of the grocery cart doesn't really matter as we'd never fill it up anyway. and buying things that you don't need? with what money?
Romy Kitten when grocery cart fills up I just stop because last time I tried to fit 2 carts of shit into a one of those soccer mom vans (one that has a extra row of seats that can be pulled up) it just barely fit and most of us had to hold something
You might think that those tricks don't work for you, but without your knowing, they *will* sneak into your subconsciousness and affect your decisions. You can't really avoid this, but you can counteract it by continually analysing and looking for these tricks and deceptions. When you are aware of it, you can train your brain to foster anti-feelings.
He reminds me of the old Danger Dolan .
Now that I think about it, you're quite right.
And it's definitely a good thing. :D
Terred omg yassss :D
Terred ikr!
i was looking for this comment
I'm glade everybody agrees with me on this.
The way he said Nike...
Me: *TRIGGERD*
Seriously I was getting pissed like how is he that dumb
the thumbnail made me think this video would be shitty clickbait.
but i got a very good video. nice job! and seriously if youre making something genuine and cool theres no reason to pull a buzzfeed man.
shart-taster JOHNSON I know right!
well look at the richests and the things videos of foods you will never eat again after you see what there made of...
but i recomend not to tho
They almost never clickbait
3:30 I saw a family feud question that was, "Name something in your house you yell at if it stops working." one guy said, "Your spouse."
steve b
Well the implication is your spouse is suppose to never stop working.
Eric Taylor when
Eric Taylor q
😂😂😂😂😂
Joey Lopez
Every time.
5:30 isnt it "Nik'e'" with an emphasized "e"?
Not in British English.
Well it's an American brand so it's Nik'e... with an emphasized "e" anything else would be wrong.
Michel Linschoten Not really. The name develops how people locally say it.
Take for instance Nestlé.a Swiss brand. We should be saying it a German accent.
In the UK it's NESS-Lay
While Canadians I've heard say it Nest- ull
While in HK I've heard variations of Nee su. Nesay.
While in Scotland it's just fuckin' coffee.
Americans are annoying nationalists with inadequate pride and confidence. Very few exceptions. I'm gonna pronounce it however I want :D
Michel Linschoten Hot chocolate was made in Europe, stop calling it hot cocoa
"Nike" "lulumon"
"self-DEPRECIATION" This guy is an idiot.
I literally laughed
I'm starting to think it's not a guy at all A computer animated voice and we've been tricked this whole time ha ha ha ha
“N-eye-k”
@@nataliak2953 How does one "literally laugh"?
Yes, I have noticed the change in portion sizes . Not only do you get less, the decrease in size is often paired with a price INCREASE ! For example , I once used to purchase ten frozen burritos for $1.98 . That price eventually went up to $2.98 while the package decreased to 8 burritos. Yesterday I purchased the same brand at $4.02 for 8 burritos. At which point I believe that I will stop buying frozen burritos altogether. They are not that good to be paying so much more for them. It is the same way with ice cream. The shape of the package was changed (making them smaller ) while the price of ice cream increased. I no longer buy ice cream either . I simply make my own at home. And it's much better ice cream ! Same with ground coffee with it's fillers. I buy whole coffee beans and grind my own at home. It is much fresher and I have coffee that I know is 100% coffee ! It takes less than a minute to grind a few beans and viola' fresh real coffee ! And without the fillers , it does not take that many coffee beans to make a pot of coffee. My coffee beans actually go farther than my old ground coffee with the fillers.
The previous 16 oz. bottle of beer decreased to 12 oz. for the same price. I bet that few people have noticed that their beer is now 11.5 or 11.7 oz , again , still at the same price. I suspect that it will not be long before a bottle of beer is at 10 oz.
Often, they cut the size first. Then after a while they raise the price.
well while its true that prices go up it is usually more of a general thing that most items like it also go up due to either inflation or new rules and regulations leading to lower profit. at least that is how it works in denmark i USED to be able to buy 500 grams of candy for 2 bucks or whatever but then over the years prices just keep going up little by little to where its now a buch more (just example)
Frozen burritos ftw!
But they keep claiming it's to save people money😢
Ikea uses the Gruen strategy, you got to go through every goddamn department to get to the exit. At least here in Germany they do.
Trinity Strickland all Ikeas are laid out the same. you have to follow the arrows go in the entrance all the way through to the exit. there is no other way out you are trapped. but don't worry there are meatballs at the end.
Ikea is smart that way. Make you go through every isle so you are forced to look at everything.
keriezy because ikea comes from jobel land
Same in Vancouver, it's a labyrinth.
Same in Toronto. But they do have cleverly hidden shortcuts tho lol
Number 11:
TH-cam video algorithm suggesting you videos that have nothing to do with your viewing routine in order to promote certain "Verified" individuals that produce more advertisement revenue for Google (due to increased traffic to a certain collective place) and possible subs for the "Verified" individual. (meaning more money from personal advertisement).
Mister_Greek agreed
Sorry but are you going to pay the 300 million dollars or so that Google is loosing every year on youtube? Oh no, thats right you are using adblock so they have to force videos upon you with more ads. fuck off
Uhm,ok?...
Speedyjens adblock doesnt remove youtube ads because youtube ads are youtube ads
Nakor Z You are using their site for free and not even wanting to give them 5 second of your life watching an ad.
for ads the kids ones come on at about 5 pm when everyone is at home
Mudslide Boys so did the cartoons when I was a kid
I was a retail manager for 10 years. And it is true about companies using product placement. All managers were taught merchandising placement for our products and in turn had to teach our staff how to merchandise the shelves. In our company second and third shelves were the prime buying area as they said those are the shelves that your eyes are drawn to first. So we would run our products vertically in a line on all shelves so the buyers saw all of our products. And as items would sell out we were to make sure the second and third shelves always had the most stock even if a bottom shelf had nothing on it. Also when we had a big sale everything in the store would be raised up to the highest suggested retail price then marked down from there. So everything in store is 50% off is not true as a item that was on sale for $20 the day before has now been raised back up to $50 msrp and is now half off for $25. Hated doing that
When I See long scientific names on ingredients, I don't think it's healthy. I say... Dang. There are a lot of drugs in here.
Rubbux true.
Rubbux but I ain't gonna not buy chips
Rubbux if I don't know what it is ( not to offen) I look it up of I don't like it or I see it happen a few times I don't buy it
+Rubbix More like chemicals. Did you know that high fructose corn syrup is regular corn syrup that is chemically altered to add more sweetness (I think using extra fructose molecules). Also, most margarines are just vegetable oil (that is naturally liquid at room temp) that is chemically altered with hydrogen (atom/ions?) so it is solid at room temp? That is why I don't eat margarine and try to avoid foods that contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. This is really difficult to do so, however, because most foods these days have partially hydrogenated vegetable oil in them.
Long names don't mean unhealthy. There's deoxyribonucleic acid, aka DNA. Ascorbyl palmitate is an antioxidant made from Vitamin C. Pyridoxine is the scientific term for Vitamin B6. Ferrous gluconate is iron in edible form, used in iron supplements. Glucono delta-lactone is a leavening agent made from veggies instead of yeast. Carbonic acid is club soda. Isothiocyanate is an antioxidant found in greens like mustard and cauliflower. Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli are pro-biotics that aid digestion and are already in your stomach. Lycopersicon esculentum is tomato. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is brewer's yeast. Long words and chemical names aren't unhealthy. But ignorance is.
Planned Obsolescence - When something is designed to fail within a certain period of time and after the warranty runs out.
trybal007 This is one of the big problems with capitalism. Companies unfortunately design products to fail after a certain amount of use. Planned obsolescence is also accelerating the occurrence of environmental issues. Instead of building the most reliable and robust solution, the corporate cockroach only wants to look at the dollar signs.
We imbue money with the power of labor. It can be abused but, every system is subject to abuse. The problem is people, not the system.
Nizzle FoShizzle Same I have an iPhone 4 as my spare phone which is 4 years old. I don't think this will be the case with the newer models though :(
Hmm, i have my acer laptop 3 years now and it's still working completely fine. And my 100 euro Samsumg phone two years and besides a cracked screen no problems with it.
frisianmouve my Nintendo Wiis both stopped reading disks. And froze while I was noscoping on goldeneye Wii.
Fuck i'm a victim of decoy.
yeah I know how you feel, I bought a mac and realised that was suppose to be the decoy product and I was suppose to buy a window computer
I've noticed that crocery stores change the placement of goods about once a year or two and deduced that it's because shopers find the way to navigate and circumvent all unnecessary in that time. I also suggest that making a shpping list is one way to not buy unnecessary things.
Good idea! 👍
I stopped watching after hearing him say nike
Headac
HeadachePuppy1 but was still able to make a comment on the video
Austin Hall did you know that there is a pause button?
Major Disdain nahh not everything, just this specific brand. You're analysis of my mentality was off. You tried though. 🙂
HeadachePuppy1 You do realise that people pronounce things differently according to where they originate from?I pronounce it Nike N I k e also people have different opinions and I don't think we should fight each other for that.
You forgot the "2 for " pricing or the double packaged "buy 2 and save" packaging. I see this a lot, especially at Wal Mart. I have made it a habit to actually pull out my calculator (on my phone) and check. About half the time it will save you a few pennies. Many times though, it is definitely a marketing scheme to get consumers to spend more $$$$. I used to fall for this all the time. I have also discovered that at my grocery store, one doesn't have to buy 2 to get the deal. For example, the 2/$5 deal. One can buy 1 item and spend only $2.50.
Yes my grocery store does that. Well I actually worked there after. I used to tell the customers that they don't really need to buy 4 cans of Campbell's soup of whatever. That we have set prices all the time. In fact, to this date I think nothing is "cheaper" if you buy more in there. Only sale items are "less" and is marked in their flyers.
everything is a rich man's trick
I used to work at Dollar General and they told me that us exactly why the store changes layouts often. So people will look for things and come across things they woukdnt have bought ordinarily.
I looked at a bottle of soda that said sugar free then I looked at the ingredients and it said 16 grams of sugar
yes, you pay for every other ingredient, but the sugar is free of cost.
Brother Stylz Sugar free as in sucrose free. Stevia is used instead as a sweetener. This is also the case with fruit juice, which can be sugar free but have naturally occuring fructose.
Brother Stylz it's because it's natural sugar. they don't count that
all sugar is natural sugar.
Yeti he means sugar that isn't added afterwards eg fruit sugars
Online shops showing fake discounts. The product is priced the same.. just the "old" price is increased by the percent of the "discount"
even standart shops are doing so...
+Reinis Ramans that's what Toys r Us does
Reminds me of the time when Rockstar kept the price of GTA 5 at a stable $60 USD on steam even during discounts, by adding the online money cards in with the game.
McCree :-D But I even noticed cases of price being higher than previous day in shop while telling me previous price was falsely much higher than it really was.
Yup I've seen this too. Lost all respect for my favorite online store. Every business just sees customers as a bag of money.
I noticed things shrinking about 20 years ago when coffee went from 1 pound containers to gradually shrinking to 10 ounces. Ice cream went from half a gallon to 1.75 quarts to 1.5 quarts.
At first it was just a few things I noticed were shrinking. Now it is almost everything from boxes of crackers to sausages to canned goods to toilet paper. So many things have shrunk that it has affected some of my recipes which require a can of something. And if the can has shrunk and I don't know what the size was before, I can't even measure the right amount because I don't know what it should be. Oh the agony.
This is also why it takes me hours to buy a good products. because of all this BS they confuse us with. When I worked in a business selling electronics and amplifiers, I was like wtf...If companies wanted to, they could sell you something that WILL Last forever and would be everything you need... but they fcking dont. and they expect you to believe that you should be buying over and over again instead of saving up and doing something better with your life than to chase for vanity. Fcked up business sht needs to end before karma knocks down all their defenses. and dont think i dont know what they're capable of.
Easy way to make sure you dont buy anything you dont actually need... write your shopping lists beforehand...
Right... I went to a hardware store yesterday and it only took us 8 minutes to get in and out of the store...
Also, food shopping on an empty stomach isn't always the wisest decision.
Rai Dreemurr well I went to an Apple Store three days ago.
Well, it took me two days to leave.
+LukeyMuffler damn right! Whenever I go to Kaufland, I normally eat one of their cheap hotdogs outside, so that I don't buy a lot more stuff on impulse when I go in.
...& STICK TO IT!
Damn I will never look at a car commercial the same ever again.
D Will Attack it's like people running then the new Honda 2016 car like tf how is this a car commercial
steve b - lol? o.O
steve b No your daddy fooled yo mama by not telling her he's her brother dumb fuck
her he her brother dumb hahahahahahaa
Anyone remember the Shell commercial with "Platformate"?
What I've noticed WalMart doing is introducing products that are priced below other products only to quit selling them after we have become accustomed to buying them. There are many products that I've bought on a regular basis only to find that those items are never restocked after a period of time. I've told others that what I believe is that it's a ploy to cause consumers to buy a higher priced item since they are already at the store rather than to leave without their chips, crackers, cereal, soda, or other items they buy on a regular basis. I remember a few years ago when I noticed the Breyer's ice cream container didn't look right. Upon closer examination, I found that it was just as wide as their previous 1/2 gallon but not as deep (front to back), and that it had been reduced by 25% (from 64oz to 48oz) while the price stayed the same. I shop by comparing the price per unit (oz., lb., count, etc.) with items that are the same or just as good as... Sometimes the smaller items are less expensive than the same brand that is double the size of the smaller. We usually expect quantity discounts and often get them, but not always. Make sure to look at the price per unit when the price tag shows both prices. I usually find that items over 9oz to be a good deal for the most part if they're around a dollar. If I'm spending a dollar for something under 9 or 10 oz. it better be something special.
Another thing grocery stores do is constantly move items around to different spots so that people get exposed to other items they may be inclined to get while serching for the item they originally came in for.
ALSO - the US dollar has devalued over 70% since 1971 (when the dollar was taken off the "gold standard" by Nixon).
Consequently, that Snickers candy bar which sold for $.10 (10 cents) back in 1968, now costs $1.00 ! And it's SMALLER !
exactly
well, ten cents now is worth way less than ten cents back then. e c o n o m i c s
inflation is a thing my dear pathetic (sry) little friend.
Speak for yourselves, americans >->
So, there is 100 dollars in the world and I have 50. If I loan you 40 dollars at 10% interest, our agreement has then raised the total number of dollars to 104.
If I am to be paid the interest, 4 more dollars must be printed out of thin air, and these dollars do not represent gold or any physical good, so the value of the dollar is now less.
"Misleading Visuals" This channel video's thumbnails.
By the way, how the crap does saying a more expensive product is better than a cheaper (and more cost efficient) make any sense? Exactly, it depends on your budget, so if you want something from 700-800$ it makes no sense comparing a 600$ or 900$ one.
Walking in the market does make you buy more. Try to shop when you are hungry you will notice it fast
shalol Please watch the video...
The image used for thumbnail was in the video tooo.
Then try actually reading the damn title of the video, dopey.
Everything is getting smaller and smaller it's a joke actually shamefully small. "King Size" is smaller.
The Rolls Royce Trent Yes , many many products are doing the same . Ice cream used to be in a half gallon package . Now it is 1. 75 QTS. and costs MORE ! Beer once was 16 oz. then went down to 12 oz. and now is 11.75 oz. while the bottle looks the same !
And most ice cream has shrunk even further, down to a met 1.5 quarts! >:-(
i have seen 1.25qt as well
And yet we've all become "king size" thanks to this tactic.
Exception: the 1.25 liter Pepsi or Coke is relatively new, yet usually cheaper per ounce than the 2 liter (unless the 2 liter is on sale that week).
11:32. Haha, top 10s fit so well for youtube's algorithm... just do at least a minute for every number, have a fairly long intro, and use baity end screens for the last 20 seconds. 'It's free!' It's not twitch, of course subbing is free. Just adding that is making idiots who think it costs to sub because... well, it's free. 10/10 marketing.
people use the color red to make people hungry, i found it out in a study of marketing
In psychology, red is most appealing (usually sexually in certain advertisements) to the brain. A photo of a woman with a black frame is less attractive than a photo of a woman with a red frame.
..I just saw that in a study.....
random persom and red and yellow to make ppl hungry
I learned about that in my I.T. fundamentals class in 10th grade. It doesn't really make you hungry, it's just a color that goes good with food. Like how the bottoms of pools are usually blue. It makes the pool look more enjoyable to swim/play in.
Red makes people eat more. Blue does the opposite. Which is why you'll see many all-you-can-eat buffets with blue lighting.
Another thing is when advertisements say stuff like "10 for $10"; even though the price is still $1 for each it makes you think you have to buy ten.
~:~
Natalie Harshman
companies know you want to save. so how they sell you the product?
they'll make you think your saving money of course! but TBH only a brainless person would fall into these tricks
its worse it you have to buy all 5 or 10 to get that price.
He said "Nyke" instead of "Nike"
Miss Kawaii Mustache
MAYBE HE’S JUST FROM THE UK.
MAYBE I’M DIFFERENT.
MAYBE TRUMP SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL.
Bubblegum Sans amen brotha
Jesus Christ, dude... 😂😂
@@GoroAkechi_Real Oh my 0.0
Just went to the store and realized the bread is in the opposite corner of the dairy in the middle while your heading to the opposite side of the store there are sweets like Chocolate,hardcandies,lolipops.ect
How to annoy a grocery store: move their products around
I went to an Ulta with my mom and sister against my will and during my boredom of standing around for what seemed like hours, I moved around their lipsticks in places they shouldn't be as well as some of their other products. XD Never leave someone like me bored in a store like that.
Jai Guru xD I'm a walmart guy, it's not all too bad, sometimes it gives us something to do.
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DuctTape Queen or to truly be an ass: switch the middle and top shelves
wow, what a dick.
Who was here just to look at the snickers bar?
Mishayla Moo Like 5 people according to your like count
Misha's Gaming Channel me!!! I'm livid about it!
me when i saw the image:
"THOSE DIRTY BASTARDS!
I LOVE SNICKERS!"
Misha's Gaming Channel me!!!! 😂
Misha's Gaming Channel Me
5) I was taught to do this when I worked at Clark's. We will show you the $80 pair of shoes, then try to up sell using our nice $150 shoes. Either the customer will try the $150 shoe on, feel how comfortable they are, and buy them, or they'll think the $80 shoes all of a sudden seem very reasonable. Either way I get money for lunch and my manager gets to pay her rent.
“Outrageous!” XD man that made my day
I really fucking hate when something gets smaller. It fucking sucks!
Kristi Mitri that's what she said
A 5 lb bag of Meow Mix is now 3 lbs, and still the same price.
The mars bar is now tiny
Probably trying to get you to buy the bigger bag. And that cat food is garbage anyway.
Smaller, skinnier is the future!
Just look at your phones!
Now compare your ole favorite candy bar!
About 13 years ago, Reese's used to sell a 12-pack of single peanut butter cups for $1. Today, the peanut butter cups are smaller, there is only 6 of them, and they cost $1.25-$1.50. Fucking outrageous!
Chore Boy sure did i remember that
Chore Boy It's called inflation. At about 7% inflation prices double every 10 years so over 13 years either the price more than doubled or the quantity more than halves. 6 at slightly more than the price of 12 and slightly smaller from 13 years ago matches this quite well.
on another Topic (sic):
I remember when Mars and Twixt both got 10% bigger for the same price and the big advertising that went with it.
This is why I buy Reese's pieces over Reese's cups, the weight to price ratio is generally more with them, get mostly the same flavor though the texture isn't the same, though I'm mor a flavor over texture kinda guy so ymmv.
The kind of extreme inflation that has happened over the past 8 years is due to having a socialist government in the US. It happened with Clinton and Carter too. It settles down and is nowhere near as shameless when real humans are in the white house. Here are some examples.
Salmon: Throughout G.W Bush's reign it was around a steady 3.75 a pound. At the start of Obama's reign it was 3.75 a pound. At the end of his reign it is 16 dollars a pound here.
Remember the fake gas crisis when Carter was in office? Or the fake sugar shortage? Yep. Same thing. Criminal inflation.
And then there are smokes. That filthy pinko, Obama passed a 28 dollar a pound increase in taxes for tobacco. My 8 dollar a tin imported tobacco went to 32 dollars overnight. Over taxation is a fairly large part of inflation. That pinko also added in a second tax, so now in the US you can see on receipts a tax 1 and tax 2 for the same fucking items.
Bomb Burritos were 16 ounces and cost 1.79 from 2001 to 2008. Now they are 14 ounces and cost 4 dollars.
What is with you American's and your fascination with peanut butter?
Also, you gotta love the promotion on some food items: "Gluten Free" on a meat, "Sodium free" on a fruit, etc.
Grocery stores always change up the layout to make you look around and possibly make you buy more
the vending machine at my school sells 70 calories of beef jerky for $2 that's literally just crumbs. Whereas I could get 4 times that amount for the same price at the dollar store.
You are buying the convenience of having it at school.
Its the same reason that single soda's in grocery stores by the purchasing lines cost more than 2-liter bottles, you are buying the convenience of it being chilled for you.
Would you be able to always drive or walk over to the dollar store when you wanted a snack between classes? Maybe you can and maybe you can't.
They have to buy or rent the vending machine and buy the products to put in the machine, when a giant story can spread the cost of the building to thousands of products the vending machine person has to spread it to like 20 choices.
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The vending machine at my college had $1.75 sodas and $2.50 energy drinks, where the gas station down the road had 99cent sodas and $1.50 energy drinks. But then you would have to get in the car, drive to the gas station, buy the product, drive back to school, and that took like 20 minutes and break would almost already be over...
Why spend 20 minutes of your 30 minute break driving around when you can grab a drink or snack and pay $1 extra for the CONVENIENCE of not having to drive around.
Connor Hill we aren't allowed to leave the school during the school day at all, my School is from 6th grade to Senior year so I just feel really sorry for those kids who only have 2 or 3 dollars each day for lunch, and don't have time to wait almost the entire 30 minute lunch to get (what some could call food) from the lunch line.
Waaaa. Life is so hard. In general you should not buy food at the dollar store.
Sapphire gem the kids who don't have the money should just steal the over priced food. Fuck the school.
that right kids, smash the vending machine and steal those jerky crumbs. that a practical solution..
you remind me of danger dolan
Arceus Ketchum
Wrong country by a good few thousand miles.
Chris Williams What has countries got to do with the similarities of two youtubers? Both are list channels. Both have a white and round faced character mascot. Both have quite a bland reading style and maybe accent. So where does country fit in?
Salmon Fish True that is what I meant thank you.
Yeah, but the old Danger Dolan. The new Planet Dolan, he sounds drunk and stoned or something, slurring his words.
this guys voice is better. dolan is annoying
Another way how companies trick customers and get more money is by making there videos more than 10 minutes to add an extra ad in order to earn more money (obviously this video is less than 10 minutes)
Their
Marwan Mohamed
The vid is 11:32.
Also click this --> 12:00
I wanna see what happens
Marwan Mohamed
although what your saying is true, but this video is little bit longer then 10 minutes long.
Disney is infamous on doing the ongoing adds before the movie starts.
It's 2019 and you still don't have an ad blocker? That's on you brah. I had zero commercials.
*actually, they spray hamburgers, produce, meats, etc with oil, then water, or a glycerin mix then water, that way, the water droplets stay on the intended food* for maximum effect. They even use whipped vegetable oil and a dairy mix, to mock ice cream on an advertised pie, or whipped cream, on a milk shake, conveniently in an iced glass & not fast food container, etc. Utterly n quite literally inedible, but that's advertising for u
No one going o mention how he said the TALKING lamp from Pixar? Ok bye then
I know, that was pretty funny of him to say that. He wrote the script for this video. Did that line really make it past final draft?
Help Me Get 1,000 subs Without any Videos Yeah I noticed that. Does the Pixar Lamp actually talk because I can't say I've ever heard it do so.
It makes noises...
*EH SUH CHI SCHI SCHI SCHI SHOOWOWWOO... WEWEWOOOEWOEW. BLUMP*
I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE THAT.
When mom says i have to buy milk but buys a lot of other stuff. Now i know why :/
Yoscree Yeah iknow
steve b Youre mom
Shops take advantage of the fact that women evolved as gatherers
He just said it to himself deceptive labeling with that Snickers haha
When I go grocery shopping, I do most of my shopping around the perimeter of the store. This is where you will find the meat, dairy and dairy related items, and fresh produce. I only go into the interior aisles to buy specific things I have on my list, like toiletries, laundry and cleaning supplies, and certain packaged foods (ie rice, beans, spices, pasta). I never browse through the interior aisles, and I never go down the junk food aisles.
I worked in a grocery store years ago, and I have shopped like this ever since then.
Thanks for the history behind the psychology. Great video and info. Thanks!!
Ah... inflation the hidden tax
steve b how does that make sense? An increase in wages is necessary but for most hardly keeps up with inflation and the rising costs of items... it's mostly due to the declining values of fiat currencies, not things becoming more expensive.
steve b Are you fucking stupid or something?
The real measure is how many hours you work for a loaf of bread. Money is just for score keeping. If you want a currency that is reasonably stable and based on a commodity, energy would be about the only commodity that would work.
Ah... Money. The stupidest concept ever to grace this planet.
Freddie Gardner
It really is a good concept but it isn't what a lot of people think it is. It simply is a means to do accounting by putting all values into the same unit of measure. Otherwise you would have to make change with two chickens and a rabbit when someone comes in the buy a new handle for the old family axe with a cow.
There is a reason why you have air in bags of chips (crisps) and that is to protect the contents breaking when packing them on the shelf. Yes it is a lot of air but you need to look at the weight on the packaging.
"No added-sugar" is a good one. Most people read it as 'Sugar-free' when all it means is they haven't added any extra sugar to the natural content of whatever the item is
The most amazing thing is that most of these *ploys* still work on people even if they are well known.
The guy with the black hat at 2:54 - 2:58 is like he is having a nervous breakdown.
Two things you missed, At fast food items that are cheaper are more commonly put in tiny print off to the side or are off the menu completely. The second thing is at fast food chains the medium size is half and inch higher than a small. Great video!
Wow... that pronunciation of Nike and Lululemon...
ikr
I love how when an item goes on "sale, they knock up the original price. For example, I bought my son a Yokai watch in Nov. for $14.99, and in December when it went to "25% off" it said original price $19.99.
LOL, this dude must be European. No American would pronounce Nike wrong. *LMAO*
It's pronounced like Mikey: Nike(y)
AntonioKowatsch Is it tho
Jordan Steel Yeah, it is :-)
AntonioKowatsch no one is perfect
except nike is actually a greek word that's the name of the greek God of "victory" and is pronounced nee-keh, thus the vast majority of people, those pronouncing it nigh-k and those pronouncing it nigh-kee, are both wrong
Antonio and Kowatsch... that sounds like a typical 'murican name. LOL
I also heard that food advertisers use motor oil (actually putting the food in motor oil) to make it look more appealing on screen.
This guy really said Nike like “hike” ... Has he ever been to earth?
I cannot get over your pronunciation of Nike. It's pronounced Nai Kee.
Mike G Only in America in Europe its Nike (1 syllable) exactly how it looks
Actually, it _is_ Nai Kee (featured here for example www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/10871877/Nike-or-Nikey-10-of-the-most-popular-mispronounced-brands.html )
Although etymologically it should be "Nee ke"...
Mike G who cares
People who want to appear intelligent do. Obviously, that does not include you.
Exactly fussing over a label will get you nowhere.
THE WAY HE PRONOUNCED LULULEMON LMAO
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I noticed that too, I live in Vancouver where Lululemon started and we certainly say it Lew Lew Lem mon (like a girls name and a yellow citrus fruit) not la la le men.
Chris Williams I am not American. Vancouver is in Canada different country.
Chris Williams I've never heard of anyone being annoyed with the American accent. Lol.
7eather my nan hates American and Canadian accents
The practice of increasing the items "cost" on a shelf tag when the item goes on sale. Ex. $2.99 for 4 weeks in a row, item goes on sale for 2/$6, item price goes up to 3.69 as regular retail price just during the sale period.
I actually study advertising and I have noticed all of these before. Even though I know all the tricks, I still find myself falling into some of these marketing traps!
I had worked as a Operations Manager for an Office Supply store for 3 years. I can say that they very much do plan the location of everything and they do it by buying seasons. We would change our stores total layout 6 times a year and were talking MAJOR layout changes. Some deceptive marketing is also done by gender appeal. Making a pen for women that is no better than the normal pens for $1 and yet a package of 2 pens is $15. That's a $13 markup!
i must say, that is indeed some crafty and well done money making business strategy.
Lightpaws Hird I worked as a merchandiser for almost 2 years I have be taught to notice that as well
I know that there's probably 1,000 of the 4,000 comments that already mention that you said "Nike" wrong, so instead of criticizing you or anything, I just wanted to share that I think it's interesting that you say it that way, and I wonder if it's because Nike isn't popular where you're from and you've never really heard of it, or if your hometown/homecountry pronounces it that way. Like I know the way Americans say Adidas is totally different than most other countries.
Drew Colpurs yeah you're right he is from uk and here we say nike and ad-de-das where as in America they say a-dee-dus but thanks for actually being nice and sharing your opinion about how he speaks others have just been going mental.
Drew Colpurs Nike is extremely popular in England.
In Denmark Nike is well known and we pronounce it the same way as in this video.
Le Roy How so?
Drew Colpurs i thought it was just nike not ni-key or nik-ey
I worked as a merchandising agent for both Lowes and Walmart for a couple years. When you go in and set up all the new shelving and change the layout of all the products, everything in this video becomes pretty obvious really quick. But when you don't spend 8-14 hours a day staring at store shelves I can see how people easily fall for this stuff. One more thing, look at the bottom and top shelves in every isle, chances are there are better products above and cheaper products below where you buy 80% of your food. Or at least that's how it worked 5 years ago.
I've heard that people will sometimes buy more expensive items thinking they must be better than the cheaper ones, when they are not really any different.
Toblerone in my country has the original shape and size.
Don't take it out of context... please.
Old Stock?
Jeremy Fitsgerald Obviously those are old products that have been produced before the change.
naw hes right, toblerone has only changed in UK. if you dont live in UK and get the "new" toblerone, then its prolly imported from UK.
there is no more toblerone in lithuania. they are just gone. idk why? like i never saw one for years. makes me want to try one :( reminds me of childhood
benyamin take a look at the packaging, there it should say where it got produced and who imported it. im from switzerland and i can clearly say that toblerone here has not changed at all and it didnt in any surrounding countries. im also very often in the UK and there they said its UK only. it wasnt long ago so i doubt its different now already.
I love how when I binge-watch your videos I need to switch my brain every single time from understanding (my regular) American accent to the British one😂
The next time Safeway has a discount item, read the fineprint. the tag says "Two for $5.00" but if you read the fine print, it often is one for $2.50, a neat trick to get people to buy more.
when they say 80% off but its really the same price as before
some online stores do this
Nike? It's Ni-Key!
no its not!
It's definitely Nike-ee, not Nike.
FadedDesigns Yeah, better.
Larissa Sabau i was joking, dont want to offend anyone. why you triggered tho?
FadedDesigns I have a bad history with it, I apologize if I sounded rude :)
There's a reason that the mesh bags for oranges are orange color and the plastic bags for carrots have orange stripes. That bit of color overlay makes the produce a more vibrant orange. The same method is used in other packaging with other colors of produce.
Along the lines of that whole "confuse the customer" thing, the grocery stores around here are *always* moving things around, making the customer have to hunt around for the things they want. Drives me batty.
3:05 it saves money to use a real car in their own commercial? They sell the car xD
Giorgos Apoel they need money to make them duh
Raghib Killer Cars are not made by order, they are massed produced lmao
Giorgos Apoel but they Need money to manufacture them 😁 lol
Raghib Killer Bruh it's not like they are gonna throw the car afterwards lmao
Giorgos Apoel you are not getting my point, advertisement is best way to promote your content or in this case cars, and those green screen cars do the same thing for cheaper
what about shady companies like Kohls (clothing store). I swear, they increase the price of something and then put it on sale for the original price
Bagel Bagon Ikr that store is a fucking rip off
Bagel Bagon Oh I'm sure they do. I used to work for toys r us and it pissed me off so much when they'd do that.
There's one thing I've noticed more recently and couldn't figure out why until I saw the portion of this video on grocery carts. The stores by my house don't even offer baskets anymore. You have to use a cart or carry everything.
In fairness the technology for storing food has changed drastically since 1938. In 1938 people still used ice-boxes or simply a container with a giant block of ice. Early modern refrigerators had freezers but it wasn't until the widespread use of modern, "frost free" refrigerators that we could even successfully store ice-cream.
The problem with reducing sizes instead of prices is worse when it is done to real food and you end up with odd sizes. Recipes are based on the traditional sizes that were sold for hundreds of years and not on rip off weights and measures.
What are the fedora gentleman doing? 2:53
Markus Eriksson LOL xD
Markus Eriksson 'Mlady
wtf hahaha
Raping his own shadow XD
So many people probably got triggered because he didn't pronounce Nike and Lulu Lemon correctly (even though there isn't even a correct way)
After looking through the comments for 5 mins... I rest my case 😂
Emma Murray Actually one of the top comments mentions this
Well I don't know about Lulu Lemon, since it is not marketed or available in my country. However, Nike is named after the Greek goddess of victory so anyone who pronounces it in English is actually pronouncing it wrong since letters are pronounced differently in Greek. I is pronounced like in the word "it" or "in" and e is pronounced like in "meh". So Nike actually sounds like "Neekeh" (the ee is not a long sound like in "see" but I just haven't found a better way to type it).
Uh.. no. Brand names are proper nouns, so yes, there is a correct way. It's whatever the company says their brand is supposed to be pronounced as, as it's their brand. It's like saying pronouncing "Nintendo" as "Nine-teen-doo" is fine because who cares. And it's obvious Nintendo doesn't pronounce their name brand any other way. Same with Nike, and same with Lulu Lemon. Any other way than what the company says it is incorrect. This doesn't mean anyone should care how the pronounce it, but to say there isn't a correct way is... well... incorrect.
mini mei Incorrect. The founder and CEO pronounce it Nike-E.
Ah yes , prices , sizes and service ! As far back as I can remember gasoline has always had the nine tenths pricing ! But at one time you also had your windows cleaned , tire pressure checked , oil level checked, and a set of six drinking glasses with a fill up ! Today we pay far more for gasoline with no services or any extras !
Today there seems to be a complete disdain for us the consumers !
If that guy wanted $2250 for that old Chevy 2 I'll buy it all day long.
(average american) You mispronounced Nike
(Even more average American) He didn't mispronounce Nike.
Mitchell Griffin Americans think that anything that doesn't rhyme with McDonald's is racist.
Hey didnt mispronounce Nike (I'm american)
www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2014/jun/03/nike-how-to-pronounce-correctly-brand-names-audi-adidas-porsche-yvessaintlaurent
It's rather _stupid_ when we US Americans expect ppl from other countries to pronounce anything made here JUST the way we do! Are you sure YOU pronounce French (for example) products the way THEY do? Let's not be snobby US Americans!
Did anyone else notice the thumbnail is a GOOD thing?
No smaller but same price
I legit thought that woolies were selling small mars bars for 2 dollars
UnboltingAsp357 How?
it's always nice to get re-educated
I learned about this back in the 70s and I chuckle because it is a reminder of the things I told my children
my favorite is when they advertise "20% more free than" and in fine print it says our so and so size. Can't believe people fall for that
7:14 Is that Danny DeVito?
It certainly is. Is from the movie called "Matilda" (1996), watch it & you'll see why it's referenced here