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In reply to the discussion: Inside Payless's elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes [View all]BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)12. Some fast food company had a variation of this a few years ago.
The premise was people couldnt believe they were eating a fast food burger vs. homemade. Sort of hackneyed marketing, but not exactly a crime against humanity either.
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Inside Payless's elaborate prank to dupe people into paying $600 for shoes [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Dec 2018
OP
I have often wondered about who thought/thinks they are good for the human back or feet
malaise
Dec 2018
#20
Pretty clear those fashionistas had no clue about what comprises actual quality.
suffragette
Dec 2018
#10
Enriching themselves. That's exactly what they were doing. Most of them were described as holding
suffragette
Dec 2018
#22
I bought shoes with my daughter at DSW and most of their shoes, under $125, were pleather.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2018
#36
It certainly shows up the goofiness of this whole influencer concept - they stacked the deck
petronius
Dec 2018
#15