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by lostcolony 1907 days ago
"If you make people call you can charge each person the exact amount that they are willing to pay."

Not really. You're still going to be the first one throwing out the number. -IF- I call (big if), I'm going to say "Here's what I want to do; how much will that cost". If you come back with "Well, what are you looking to pay", my answer will be to hang up.
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throwawayfire 1907 days ago
> "Here's what I want to do"

By saying only this, you might give me sufficient information to allow me to gauge how you value my service.

I don't have to ask "what's the maximum you will pay" directly, and you won't know that I asked it.

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kevincox 1907 days ago
But in theory you can! Again, I'm not saying that this is the best system, but it does have advantages.
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lostcolony 1907 days ago
In theory posting your prices will have more customers respond since the barrier to adoption is so much lower, and your costs will be lower, since you won't have people calling and taking up personnel time only to realize you're too expensive.

Neither theoretical advantage is a realized advantage.

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