Today I was at a Catholic site which offered some $3 talks on CD. I found one on Halloween, and I thought it would be interesting to hear what they had to say for $3. I was expecting there to be an MP3 download, but no, only CD. I'm thinking, this talk isn't worth $3 plus shipping, more than likely. And what was shipping? $7! Like heck I'm going to pay $10 for this CD! I felt like writing them and asking them to support MP3s for this sort of thing, when I realized that this was probably part of their business plan: A $3 loss-leader that sucks people into buying more expensive sets to justify the shipping. Kind of like my habit of buying additional items at Amazon so I can get free shipping. (Although those are usually items I would have needed anyway.)
Is this the sort of thing a Christian site should be doing? It always irks me when companies try to trick, deceive, or otherwise manipulate you into buying stuff. I feel like I'm being taken advantage of.
Anyway I am going without the $3 CD. I am not giving into this behavior.
