Comments on: How I Chose The Wrong Car http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/ Economics. Data. Software. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: zot http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/comment-page-1/#comment-55 zot Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:15:57 +0000 http://www.potterzot.com/blog/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/#comment-55 Hi Steve, Good points. Most of us try to load up on items when we are shopping. Though I don't know that I consider the shopping experience very much fun even not including the checkout line. Your comment makes me wonder about the checkout lane as a referencing tactic. Maybe by making the checkout line bad enough, the rest of the shopping experience seems much better in comparison. Hi Steve,

Good points. Most of us try to load up on items when we are shopping. Though I don’t know that I consider the shopping experience very much fun even not including the checkout line.

Your comment makes me wonder about the checkout lane as a referencing tactic. Maybe by making the checkout line bad enough, the rest of the shopping experience seems much better in comparison.

]]> By: Steve Parkinson http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Steve Parkinson Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:45:39 +0000 http://www.potterzot.com/blog/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/#comment-51 Another related negative is the anticipation of having to go through the checkout. Because you have to buy the one thing you came for, you might as well buy more items. Adding additional items won't appreciably increase your checkout time, since the majority of the time is waiting in line. Also, the shopping part is more 'fun' than simply waiting in line, so if the whole experience is evaluated as the ratio 'items bought/time waiting in line', adding more items will increase your perception of the experience. Another related negative is the anticipation of having to go through the checkout. Because you have to buy the one thing you came for, you might as well buy more items. Adding additional items won’t appreciably increase your checkout time, since the majority of the time is waiting in line.

Also, the shopping part is more ‘fun’ than simply waiting in line, so if the whole experience is evaluated as the ratio ‘items bought/time waiting in line’, adding more items will increase your perception of the experience.

]]> By: zot http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/comment-page-1/#comment-25 zot Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.potterzot.com/blog/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/#comment-25 That's great! I've always been kind of interested in the conversion to vegetable oil, especially as gas prices hover at the $3 range. I don't really drive much any more because I live really close to work, but I still think it would be kind of neat. I'd love to hear some more about how much it cost, where you get fuel, whether it smells, etc... That’s great! I’ve always been kind of interested in the conversion to vegetable oil, especially as gas prices hover at the $3 range. I don’t really drive much any more because I live really close to work, but I still think it would be kind of neat. I’d love to hear some more about how much it cost, where you get fuel, whether it smells, etc…

]]> By: AJ http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/comment-page-1/#comment-23 AJ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:03:41 +0000 http://www.potterzot.com/blog/2007/08/15/how-i-choose-wrongly/#comment-23 I think I chose the right car- I just got a Jetta TDI which I've converted to run on veggie oil. What seemed like a major downside at the time was that it was a manual, which I didn't know how to drive, but I put that aside as I recognized the major positives of the car- 1. it was available (which is rare for TDIs), 2. It was in my price range 3. All the good stuff that comes with running your car on free fuel that's better for the environment. So far, I've gotten really good at driving it, and I actually prefer it to an automatic, and I am pretty happy that I didn't nix the idea because of what turned out to not even be a con (the manual transmission). I think I chose the right car- I just got a Jetta TDI which I’ve converted to run on veggie oil. What seemed like a major downside at the time was that it was a manual, which I didn’t know how to drive, but I put that aside as I recognized the major positives of the car- 1. it was available (which is rare for TDIs), 2. It was in my price range 3. All the good stuff that comes with running your car on free fuel that’s better for the environment. So far, I’ve gotten really good at driving it, and I actually prefer it to an automatic, and I am pretty happy that I didn’t nix the idea because of what turned out to not even be a con (the manual transmission).

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