Predictive (Sales) Text

[captain_slinky]

BEHOLD IN WONDERMENT AS I PREDICT THE FUTURE, NOT WITH LIES AND TRICKERY BUT THROUGH THE PURE AND SCIENTIFIC PROCESS OF DEDUCTIVE REASONING! Observe the progression of Advertising E-Mail Header Lines that I have received starting a week before Thanksgiving:

• Black Friday Deals Start NOW!
  
• Why wait till Black Friday? Lowest prices of the year RIGHT NOW!
  
• Black Friday starts Thursday at 8pm!
  
• Better-Than-Black-Friday Prices a day early!
  
• DON'T MISS THESE BLACK FRIDAY DOOR BUSTER LOWEST PRICES OF THE YEAR!
  
• Cyber Monday Deals start NOW! Lowest prices of the year!
  
  Based upon this pattern, I can confidently predict that starting on Tuesday, the header lines will be reading "Cyber Monday Sales All Week Long" and, of course, "Screw Black Friday, THESE are the best prices of the year! No, REALLY! We swear!"

Comments

[aurora77]

You probably aren't far off. The number of shoppers out this year AND the amount spent per person was down this weekend, so they'll probably start getting desperate on Tuesday.