A three-year study by University of Notre Dame. See http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=852466
Excerpts: "...an item sold at a weekend commanded a price around 2% higher than the same item sold on a weekday. This effect persisted across all three years of the study and showed no sign of tapering away." "A much larger mark-up was associated with items advertised with pictures. In 1999 a picture was worth a 5.7% premium; by this year, that had risen to 11.3%." "In 2001 Dr Wood and Dr Kauffman found that high-rated sellers sold coins for 6.8% more than low-rated ones; in 1999, the difference was only 4.8%." -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
