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In this brief YouTube monologue, the speaker argues that offering discounts damages a brand’s perceived strength and erodes customer trust. He claims that a discount signals a lack of confidence in the product or service and suggests that instead of defaulting to price reductions, businesses should selectively give freebies to the right people for purposes such as gathering testimonials or referrals. The speaker maintains that customers who truly feel a problem will pay full price to solve it, and that using discounts as a default tactic indicates the business isn’t ready to sell and only worsens trust issues.
