People will buy anything

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So I was reading my schools paper yesterday and they had an article on the RIAA forcing Purdue to forward letters to 47 students informing them that they are being sued for downloading music illegally from the tubes. They can settle for $3,000ish or take it to court.

Here at Purdue we have a private DC++ network that doesn't count against our bandwidth and is fairly secure since its only accessible if you connect via resnet (internet provided around campus). Its pretty fast and it has just about everything.

Last year when 37 students got letters, they all were using LimeWire. Everyone knows that if you use LimeWire specifically you have a much higher chance of getting screwed.

So I start talking to my self about how retarded it is that people still use it and one of my friends tells me hes using the "Free & legal" version of LimeWire. I tell him hes full of shit and he gives me the url, MP3Rocket - The world's most popular file sharing software...made better!.

I take a look at the site and realize they are literally selling LimeWire, but telling you its completely legal and charging you like $40 for it.

Anyway, I have some ideas that I never tried because I thought "People just aren't that stupid", now I'm going to give a few of them a shot.
 


I used to laugh hysterically every time I had a clickbank sale... 6 months later I just realize the average American is a dumbass who will buy an ebook written by a fat person to learn how to loose weight, a poor person to learn how to be a millionaire, and free software repackaged at a low low price of $99.97.

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I just love the limewire example so much, because they throw the lawsuit in for free :)
 
People pay for the perception of value...

I've seen people selling digital coupon codes on eBay, and they have been quite successful. You can just as easily do a google search and find the coupon code for free. The theory here, is that you are paying for the sellers time to collect the information for you. In reality, people will always pay for something if the perception of value is there, even if its not.
 
Funny he has a 7-day guarantee on the product if you are not satisfied. That has to kill a few sales if the buyer finds out later it's free.
 
Wow, I can't stop laughing. 61 dollars for open office?

What's even more funny...look at his feedback. A bunch of people that paid for Open Office. "Excellent. thank you for 2nd chance offer. Brilliant e-bayer. Highly recommend." Roflcopter.
 
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