Originally Posted by
Simon MacGowen
You may not think so, but "limited edition", OTT, etc. are common marketing tricks or labels producers of all kinds of premium goods use to entice and attract sales. OTT is often taken to mean production is one-time and you won't have a second chance to get the SAME thing if you miss it. Of course, not in the case of WP's. It is a trick played on people's mind. "Limited Edition" is used a lot in the auto industry and the LE model fetches higher prices too.
Simon
If you want me to agree that the vast majority of advertising is deceiving I certainly will. If there are guys out there with rooms filled with red tools using them as asset planning for retirement I would say they should have bought Franklin Mint plates instead, at least there always will be some grandmas on eBay that will want a limited edition plate with a cute cat on it. The fine print is there for the WP OTTs if one doesn't read it so be it. The one thing I never recall seeing is a single post on any forum where someone that bought a WP OTT is actually upset they reran it. I put this in the same category as people that wouldn't buy a Sawstop because of Steve Gass perceived unethical behavior or bought an "Industrial" Sawstop thinking they were getting a real industrial level saw. Its a light weight 10" cabinet saw with a sheet steel base for gosh sake. I generally see the backlash against advertising as a quixotic quest of the highest order.
Of all the laws Brandolini's may be the most universally true.
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