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Old Aug 21, 2012 | 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Yup...implying that things are amiss without real data to back it up. Perception driving reality, but not in a rational way. By showing the waitlist the company has actually created a system where customers can take the small amount of data intended for a very specific purpose and extrapolate/imagine it out to cover lots of other things.
When CPUs now hiccup on a out of sync reservation, we observe "pricing errors" that charge an elite 4x that of a GM for an upgrade, same-day TODs offered at 14 day V-up prices (if not cheaper) - it's wholly rational to see waitlist movement that rarely seems to work in one's favor and think something is amiss.
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