Because it actually works on a large number of people, apparently. That FOMO, “I save money by buying discounted stuff, even if I don’t actually need it”, etc.
I had a friend that was ordering stuff from there all the time, falling for those “coupons”, convinced she was so smart because of how cheap it was… I can admit there were a couple cool things she got, but the majority was just useless garbage. And regardless, the few cool things ended up breaking within a couple months at the most, so what was the point of that? Such a waste.
Oh, I totally get that some people go crazy for the savings and gamification aspect, but how can they handle the complete sensory bombardment trying to get you to buy stuff?
Because it actually works on a large number of people, apparently. That FOMO, “I save money by buying discounted stuff, even if I don’t actually need it”, etc.
I had a friend that was ordering stuff from there all the time, falling for those “coupons”, convinced she was so smart because of how cheap it was… I can admit there were a couple cool things she got, but the majority was just useless garbage. And regardless, the few cool things ended up breaking within a couple months at the most, so what was the point of that? Such a waste.
Oh, I totally get that some people go crazy for the savings and gamification aspect, but how can they handle the complete sensory bombardment trying to get you to buy stuff?
Yes, I agree that the waste is very sad.