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[inahandbasket]

In a survey of adult American internet users...
"More than two-thirds of people surveyed also said they believed online travel sites are required by law to offer the lowest airline prices possible." (link)

Wow people in this country are stupid.

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[road-to-hell.livejournal.com]

And every day the bar is lowered just a little bit...

[komos.livejournal.com]

You gots to ride the wave.

[axessdenyd.livejournal.com]

What that says to me is that the survey was designed to make people look stupid.

A survey will pretty much always come up with the results that the creator wants it to. Then you can reinforce that by asking the right group of people.

[enmascarado.livejournal.com]

people aren't stupid

well, okay, they are, but the advertising industry is very smart... or at least very smart at exploiting the way people are stupid.

The fact of the matter is, if any of the travel sites advertised that they had the lowest price fares, they would legally have to have the lowest price fares. They don't. They use neurtal adjectives like best. The best fare might not be the lowest, but to most people it would be. So people think they're saying lowest and know enough to feel like they're protected by the very law the ads are skirting.

The carny in me thinks this is great. You don't have to lie to get people thinking something that isn't true. In fact, truth is the huckster's best friend.

-Dan