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How Your Brain Defaults to the First Price You See
Episode 112 of The Pricing Marketing Podcast unpacks the anchoring effect — and why the first price a customer sees can warp every subsequent price comparison. Lucas and Luna walk through a classic 1974 Kahneman and Tversky experiment where volunteers spun a wheel of fortune then guessed the percentage of African nations in the UN. The random spin anchored their answers by up to 20 percentage points. They then discuss how that same cognitive shortcut plays out in real-world pricing: a DTC mattress brand that anchors with a $1,999 list price before 'discounting' to $999, and a luxury…
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