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100 26 May 7, 2019 at 11:12 AM
I've clicked my last one today. 80% of the time I click on one advertising something I've been shopping for, the price shown in the ad is BS. The actual price on the site is significantly more. The ads aren't real. They are click bait. Too bad. Cause it was one way I felt I was contributing something back to the site.
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Landers
05-07-2019 at 11:13 AM.
05-07-2019 at 11:13 AM.
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The ads aren't real. They are click bait.
Are you new to the internet?
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Cakedaddy
05-07-2019 at 11:19 AM.
05-07-2019 at 11:19 AM.
No, just new to clicking ads. NEVER clicked on them anywhere else.
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05-07-2019 at 11:24 AM.
05-07-2019 at 11:24 AM.
So, do you think the site being advertised knows the prices are BS? Do they care that people click through only to find out they've been lied to? Or are they just happy they are getting views?

If I was paying for those clicks, I'd be pissed being that I would assume that 90% of the click throughs are followed up by a 'close tab' because the price wasn't even close to real. Maybe there's a chance someone sticks around and still buys something. But still.

Do you think the ad company is posting the fake ads to increase clicks under false pretenses or is the company setting the fake price to get visits?
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05-07-2019 at 12:09 PM.
05-07-2019 at 12:09 PM.
You do realize there are ways to avoid "ad angst" don't you?
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Novakingwai
05-08-2019 at 12:24 PM.
05-08-2019 at 12:24 PM.
Ad block.
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fsyowad
05-09-2019 at 11:39 PM.
05-09-2019 at 11:39 PM.
I had a 75 year old neighbor in 2002 that just got internet and was using email for the first time. He was furious and out for blood that spammers were emailing him with what he thought were strange emails. He used to read every one.
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05-09-2019 at 11:45 PM.
05-09-2019 at 11:45 PM.
Quote from Cakedaddy :
So, do you think the site being advertised knows the prices are BS? Do they care that people click through only to find out they've been lied to? Or are they just happy they are getting views?

If I was paying for those clicks, I'd be pissed being that I would assume that 90% of the click throughs are followed up by a 'close tab' because the price wasn't even close to real. Maybe there's a chance someone sticks around and still buys something. But still.

Do you think the ad company is posting the fake ads to increase clicks under false pretenses or is the company setting the fake price to get visits?
They probably have a different price for everyone. Less sophisticated people get charged more.
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