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pbourke · 2021-03-09 04:42:42

And they charged the people a dollar and a half to C them

mech422 | karma 1183 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2024-02-02 19:40:03

TLDR: Half the people in the second group needed $20 :-P

isk517 | karma 939 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2019-04-22 14:47:01+00:00

They got $17.

mberning | karma 3251 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2017-12-10 00:52:03+00:00

Wait... all these people paid $15 to begin with? Are you really that poor if you can flip out $15 for any little thing that comes along.

gfosco | karma 2884 | avg karma 4.9 · | 2015-07-22 01:49:34+00:00

So... pay them the 0.32 cents then, eh?

lettergram | karma 13239 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2012-12-18 03:45:02+00:00

Even if it increased the number of people paying the original listed price ($3.99) in this case to slightly >70% they would still gain less money than $5 and it would not have seemed as clean. In either case, I find it more interesting that so many people would pay money when they are not required.

Apparently even people "against humanity" still have a sense of justice.

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wensing | karma 3217 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2011-11-02 11:46:41

I bet they pay more than 99 cents too!

rasz | karma 10695 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2020-02-07 22:51:24+00:00

and the message was "pay 15 cents"

jeremyjh | karma 8085 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2018-02-14 00:14:11

And sold dollars for $.75.

swamp40 | karma 2996 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2014-07-22 21:28:18+00:00

They probably made them all, for $5 each.

zscsjs | karma 2 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2017-07-31 17:27:46+00:00

interesting, so how many people have actually paid one dollar?

LargeWu | karma 2958 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2024-04-26 00:33:42

I paid them a dollar just to see what happens.

rsanchez1 | karma 444 | avg karma 0.81 · | 2012-01-10 21:19:13+00:00

They cost me $0.

krelian | karma 1108 | avg karma 4.26 · | 2012-04-08 00:52:39+00:00

Also cost you a couple of cents I assume.

ShaunK | karma 58 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2011-12-22 22:09:55+00:00

He didn't know how many people would pay $5, I imagine it was just an arbitrary number he felt was reasonable. Only 25% went to charity, so really it was a pretty good guess. Maybe next time he'll charge $3.75.

briandear | karma 2865 | avg karma 0.45 · | 2012-08-18 11:21:22

A critical mass of people with $50.

thoughtstheseus | karma 778 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2019-04-21 22:48:42+00:00

No way they made fifty cents on that. They'd all be rich based on the volume of this stuff.

iisan7 | karma 153 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2024-02-23 02:10:05

I heard they did it for $3.50

callesgg | karma 1359 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2021-12-26 16:57:44

1.9 usd per person involved… Seams like the only people getting something out of this is the layers.

aroraneeraj | karma 11 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2022-05-04 19:49:46

right. Many around the world paid that 1$.