Comments on: The Nuances of the FREE! Experiment http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/ My Irrational Life Mon, 21 May 2012 07:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bryan e Jeffrey Eisenberg - Che bello, è gratis - ideawebitalia http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-27940 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:11:18 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-27940 [...] dappertutto. E’ difficile discutere del ‘gratuito’ senza fare riferimento a Dan Ariely e Chris Anderson. Nella maggior parte delle discussioni on-line si dibatte se il ‘gratuito’ è [...]

]]> By: Oh Goody, It’s Free | Facebook Marketing Solutions http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-27632 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:48:03 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-27632 [...] is true magic in free – you can see it everywhere. It’s hard to discuss free without referencing Dan Ariely and Chris Anderson. Most of the discussions online are about whether free is dangerous. [...]

]]> By: Oh Goody, It’s Free | Incredibilii http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-27626 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:59:11 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-27626 [...] is true magic in free – you can see it everywhere. It’s hard to discuss free without referencingDan Ariely and Chris Anderson. Most of the discussions online are about whether free is dangerous. [...]

]]> By: Free as a Pricing Model: How to Do it Right http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-27625 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:15:48 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-27625 [...] is true magic in free – you can see it everywhere. It’s hard to discuss free without referencingDan Ariely and Chris Anderson. Most of the discussions online are about whether free is dangerous. [...]

]]> By: App Store Price Drop: A Post-Mortem « Cantina http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-27097 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:20:32 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-27097 [...] — but it’s not difficult to figure out that nothing is more attractive than free.  Studies have shown that people behave irrationally when confronted with a free option, and will make choices that [...]

]]> By: Kundenverhalten in 20minuten http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-25548 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:53:16 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-25548 [...] ich den Preis von 0.- Franken um nur 5 Rappen erhöhe? Mit Lindor-Kugeln und Hershey’s Kiss in den USA getestet … [...]

]]> By: Royston Chen http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-25093 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:53:57 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-25093 Free often means a trade off for something else, such as your time, e.g. the time waiting for delivery, or the extra time spent in the queue. This happens with free GP consultations; invariably you will get large lengthy delays of 1 hour or more. But its free, so a lot of people would rather waste one hour of their time than pay some money and not have to wait.

]]> By: Tim http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-19721 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:28:52 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-19721 Something that I noted in that study was the usage of the word STUDENTS. In the context the word was used, it is difficult to tell if the word is used to describe the fact that the study participant was an actual student (college or high school) or if its being used to describe a study participant in general.

If the participants were actual college or high school students, of course they will all go bonkers over FREE. Free is quality to a student. The only way to have enticed a student to buy a 40 cent truffle over a free hershey kiss is to spike the truffle with alchohol.

My point is, the study really tells us nothing about FREE because of the age demographic and lifestyle. I would like to have seen this study conducted with not only an older age demographic, but also people with buying power in the bank.

Then and only then will we be able to draw conclusions about the power of FREE.

]]> By: App Store Price Drop: A Post-Mortem | Cantina Consulting http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-16645 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:13:03 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-16645 [...] — but it’s not difficult to figure out that nothing is more attractive than free.  Studies have shown that people behave irrationally when confronted with a free option, and will make choices that [...]

]]> By: Tobu http://danariely.com/2009/08/10/the-nuances-of-the-free-experiment/#comment-16628 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:14:20 +0000 http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?p=653#comment-16628 A point raised in the NYT article:
Shouldn’t the summary mention people who picked neither sweet?

It’s probably mentioned in the book, but since you mentioned the discrepancies in which experiment _Cheap_ and _Free_ picked, I figured you would set the record straight on this particular subtlety.

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