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$\"\"$ If you put something on sale for cheap, is it perceived to be of low value, irrespective of its inherent quality? What do you think?<\/p>\n

For example, if a world class musician \u2013 one of the best in the world plays on the street, can he draw attention to him? The kinds that earn $1000 a min for their performance. Music Prodigy! When such a musician plays on one of the finest instrument in the world. Price tag $3.5 mn. Do you think it will get him some crowd? Drawn merely by his talent?<\/p>\n

Well, such an experiment happened<\/a>. Joshua Bell, a violin prodigy played on an 18th century instrument of Austrian-born virtuoso and composer Fritz Kreisler. Just to be fair to Bell, he is no ordinary looker either. He is tall and handsome and a heart throb of many. He plays animatedly and can play compositions very few would even attempt.<\/p>\n

When he played violin at the L\u2019Enfant Plaza metro station in Washington DC. He came dressed in jeans, long sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap and positioned himself with the open violin case (yes, of a $3.5 mn violin) and threw in little change for people to get attracted.. and started playing.<\/p>\n

The reaction was to say the least, hardly worth anything. Maybe a dollar.<\/p>\n

What this experiment shows is that even if you are world\u2019s best, if you aren\u2019t packaged well, then even a $1000 a minute can get earn just over $32 in a 45 mins performance<\/b>!! That is the sad state of our mind in the modern times. The advertising industry has dulled our senses to a point where the only way we judge and recognize value is when we pay dearly for it. Otherwise, we can pass it by without a glimpse!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"