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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9037514">It is an old tactic used for all kinds of goods and for subscriptions services. It won't work if it is a one off use like a plane ticket. But you could certainly say golf clubs or a kayak come down to the cost of a cup of coffee a day in the course of a year (golf would be problematic there though because I am assuming there is also a country club fee---don't play golf so no idea what the options are here). They do the same things with gym memberships, expensive martial arts programs (I used to be a trainer and the courses were expensive, and this was exactly the sales tactic that was used), etc. I actually don't have an issue with the tactic, but it is a tactic. If it wasn't you could just talk about the 60 dollars being affordable. It has to be reframed to make it seem more reasonable. Whether it is affordable is subjective and budget dependent. Perhaps for you 60 dollars is affordable. Perhaps even all three books at 60 for a total of 180 is affordable. I think that is expensive. I may still save up for the right game for 60 bucks. I am not going to spend 180 bucks on three core books. And that is because of household budget. You can frame it however you want. We had this very same conversation when D&D beyond came out and people were saying how affordable it is. For some house holds that additional expense is okay, for others they are trying to keep a budget and trying to keep discretionary purchases under a certain dollar (because it isn't just the one purchase but that purchase among many other purchases).</blockquote>

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