An old man was selling watermelons

Saw this on a social media post and decided to share it here:

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An old man was selling watermelons. His price list reads:

1 watermelon = $3.00
3 watermelons = $10.00

A young man stopped and bought 3 watermelons individually - paying $3 for each.

As the young man was walking away he turned and said “hey old man, do you realise I just bought 3 watermelons for $9 instead of $10? Maybe business is not your thing.”

The old man smiled and mumbled to himself “people are funny, every time they buy 3 watermelons instead of 1, yet they keep trying to teach me how to do business.”

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Everyone loves a little win, think outside the box and you'll get results.

Work smart.

God this is gold

Marketing is evolving quicker than ever. To be successful you HAVE to think out of the box.
Everyone should read this thread!

awesome

This still works now for more than 65% of people.

Snayke said:

Marketing is evolving quicker than ever. To be successful you HAVE to think out of the box.
Everyone should read this thread!

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couldn't agree more.

a simple story for some, a f*cking great lesson for others.

Great marketing is the key to success.

Due to racial injustice, intersectionality, or other such BS - in the USA a mob would 1) Beat the old man, 2) Take his watermelons and 3) BURN HIS SH*T DOWN!

Thank you for sharing this!

i saw this in Instagram page year ago , really good one

Old but gold!

What am i missing here?
I don't understand.....

Why should i buy 3 watermelons for $10 when i can buy it for $9........ tbh i think the old man is truly dumb!

Profit!

hahaha i liked this.

Along the same lines of tricking people into ripping you off...

A man bought a new fridge. He didn't know what to with the old fridge so he put it at the end of his driveway with a big sign on it "Free Fridge".

The next day it was still there. And the day after that. A week later with the old fridge still sitting at the end of the driveway he changed the sign to read "Fridge $100".

It was stolen that night.

hahaha smart , there is always those kind of people who try to teach you how to do your Job .

Read Cialdini guy's !

banjicom said:

What am i missing here?
I don't understand.....

Why should i buy 3 watermelons for $10 when i can buy it for $9........ tbh i think the old man is truly dumb!

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Well, unless you are joking, you are one that is dumb, no offense.

That is a marketing lesson right there.

Here is a similar story:

This little boy was always being teased by the other neighborhood boys for being stupid.
Their favorite joke was to offer him his choice between a nickel (5 cents, larger coin) and a dime (10 cents, smaller coin). The little boy always took the nickel.
One day, after he took the nickel, a neighbor asked him, "Hey kid, those boys are making fun of you. Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel, even though the nickel's bigger?"
The little boy grinned and said, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd stop doing it, and so far I've made $20!"

He's not joking. He doesnt 'get' it