http://www.financialeyesandears.com/2010/02/08/carnival-of-personal-finance-243-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-edition/ Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:15:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.financialeyesandears.com/2010/02/08/carnival-of-personal-finance-243-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Big Cajun Man Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:29:41 +0000 http://www.financialeyesandears.com/2010/02/08/carnival-of-personal-finance-243-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-edition/#comment-80 Thanks for the mention! Thanks for the mention!

]]> http://www.financialeyesandears.com/2010/02/08/carnival-of-personal-finance-243-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-78 the weakonomist Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:36:42 +0000 http://www.financialeyesandears.com/2010/02/08/carnival-of-personal-finance-243-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-edition/#comment-78 Bundles are designed to make individual products look like less of a deal. Microsoft jacks up the cost of the individual products to make the bundle look even more appealing. They could easily sell each product for $100, instead of $250, to make it look like a more traditional "value meal" type bundle. But they would sell less bundles because no one would buy PowerPoint and just get Excel and Word for $200. I hope this helps, thanks for hosting the carnival! Bundles are designed to make individual products look like less of a deal. Microsoft jacks up the cost of the individual products to make the bundle look even more appealing. They could easily sell each product for $100, instead of $250, to make it look like a more traditional “value meal” type bundle. But they would sell less bundles because no one would buy PowerPoint and just get Excel and Word for $200. I hope this helps, thanks for hosting the carnival!

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