On 13 Apr., 23:00, Amy Guskin  wrote:
> >> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:51:12 -0400, Stefan wrote
> (in article ):

> > Even I remember vague that cafepress removed some itmes in the past,
> > I'm
> > puzzled about that: low sales hardly couldn't be the reason since all
> > items are produced "on-the-fly".
> > And for the replacing of old items for new ones, I doubt that there
> > is
> > a limit for a maximum of items in a store. Or am I wrong?<<
>
> I don't know, but I suppose you have to think like someone in sales.  If you
> go into a store that has eighteen hundred items, you might feel daunted and
> not buy anything.  Maybe the philosophy is that the quotes that are there
> will each have more prominence if there is a limited number of them.  Also,
> if something is only available for a limited time, it accomplishes two
> things: it makes it more valuable to the people who _do_ buy it; and it
> probably also encourages sales, as there are people out there who feel like
> they _must_ buy this thing before it disappears.

Reasonable thoughts. But in thejoestore at the moment is _no_
"Hurry up, get this item. Expiration date is soon!"-thing.

Stefan


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