Everybody votes now voting on whether or not MATH is correct.

[Dark Jaguar]

Okay, here's the poll I saw today when, for whatever reason, I actually decided to use this pointless channel (Nintendo, weren't you supposed to be about the games?).

Basically it's asking "What is a better deal? 50% off or two for the price of one?"?

What do they actually expect people to vote here? Do the math idiots! You don't need a vote for this! Popular opinion is not going to change objective reality. Two for the price of one is identical to buying two items at 50% off. The difference is you have a choice to just buy one if you go with 50% off, so you can either get both at the price of what would normally be just one, or only pay half and walk out with that.

It is the better deal, and that's an objective fact. You can't "vote" the other option better. Frickin' idiots...

[Great Rumbler]

Which deal is the better deal greatly depends on what's being purchased, how much money you have, and whether having two of something is better than having one.

If I buy a chicken sandwhich at half the regular price, then that's good. On the other hand, getting two for the price of one might not be that good of a deal since I only wanted one chicken sandwhich to begin with and simply end up throwing the other away.

If I go into a store with twenty dollars, with the intention of buying a certain DVD, I might pounce on the two-for-one deal since I like getting a lot of DVDs. Getting half off is nice, but getting half off of two is better in this case.

It's all relative.

[Dark Jaguar]

Not really. The thing you forget GR is that 50% off doesn't mean you HAVE to walk out of the store with just one. You could also leave with two, benefiting in the SAME WAY as someone who got the two for one deal. Since you can do the same things the two for one deal can, but you can ALSO just get ONE thing, 50% off is superior, always, absolutely, in every situation.

[Great Rumbler]

I understand your point, but from the question I get the sense that it means "Would you rather get one thing at 50% off or two things for the price of one".

[N-Man]

What is "logically" good is really irrelevant. If market research shows that 2-for-1 results in higher sales than 50% off, then the store is probably better off offering a 2-for-1 deal.

[Dark Jaguar]

So this whole "everybody votes" thing is just a marketting tool?

[N-Man]

Opinion polls usually are.

[Dark Jaguar]

So... why do they care if I would rather see bigfoot or nessie?

[EdenMaster]

I thought it odd myself when I saw it yesterday.

However, most places I shop, when they offer a 2-for-1 deal, they simply make the price 50% and encourage you to buy a second. To me, the two are interchangable. That's what struck me odd about it.

[Dark Jaguar]

Yeah, some places do it that way. In that case, it really doesn't matter at all. However some places basically require you to pay full price for one, or get two at half the normal price. I guess the idea is there's at least a few sales where they don't have to cut the price (those who only get the one).

Still, it's an odd question. Why should popular opinion matter? And, if it's a matter of collecting data for some advertising purpose, seriously, would it make any difference at all? Does a single very uncontrolled poll really count for anything worth making a decision on?

[etoven]

So... why do they care if I would rather see bigfoot or nessie?

So they know whether to try and sell you the bigfoot or the nessie lunchbox of course.

[Dark Jaguar]

Except this won't give them reliable info as to which one would sell more anyway. Better to hedge their bets and just have bigfoot and nessie partnered together, on crazy misadventures trying to start a new restaurant in "Da Big City".

[EdenMaster]

Still, it's an odd question. Why should popular opinion matter? And, if it's a matter of collecting data for some advertising purpose, seriously, would it make any difference at all? Does a single very uncontrolled poll really count for anything worth making a decision on?

It is a little disconcerting that Nintendo has already run out of poll ideas...

[Dark Jaguar]

But there's plenty of neat ideas they could use!

"Should guns be outlawed?"

Okay, maybe there's reasons they only ask about this sort of stuff...

[Dark Jaguar]

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Critical knowledge Bo-B1 has been aware of for years.