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iceboy151 said:
BMaker11 said:
iceboy151 said:
pbroy said:
That's Best Buy's problem. If they hid those 50 Xbones in the back, people would think they are in high demand too and want to buy one. Create some demand by not showing. People ain't going to buy an Xbone any time soon if they see that. They can get one any time they want.


That's stupid if people actually think that way.

Not really. For example, if you were told there wasn't gonna be much gasoline available after tomorrow, what would you do? You'd fill up your tank and probably a few gas cans as well.

Problem, though, is the XBone is not a commodity, but rather, a luxury item. I got a PS4 because I wanted it right now, so I seized the opportunity. If there were a stack of PS4s akin to the XBone, I'd still get a PS4 because I wanted one right now. I'm not gonna wait until there's only a few left and go "well, I better go get one now" (although, technically that was the case....but I didn't wait for it to get to that point. I called as soon as I saw the thread on VGC that said BB had stock, and that store just so happened to only have 3 left at the time). If people want XBones right now, they aren't gonna wait until it looks like they won't be able to get one. They're gonna go to the store, see an XBone in stock, then buy it.

You didn't prove you're point with this reply. So if people walk into a store and see a stack of PS4s, and no X1s, that would make them want a X1? 

Sure I did. pbroy said that they should hide XBones to make it look like they're in high demand, so people buy them up thinking they won't get them later. You said that that was dumb.

Then I said that it's not really true about hiding objects to give the illusion of demand and then gave you the gasoline example.

I then said that this doesn't work for consoles. When I said "not really", I was addressing the artificial demand suggestion more so than the XBone itself. That's why I brought up the point that the XBone isn't a commodity. Meaning that people aren't inclined to buy it just because there appears to be less of it. 

I guess I was replying to the both of you, telling pbroy that his suggestion doesn't work in this case but also telling you that artificial demand (in some instances, such as gas) would work for selling a product. 

TL;DR Commodity vs. luxury