I think $.01 is little different from $3 as a psychological barrier that $0.00 does not have.
For me the biggest psychological barrier is just setting up all the account information and then entrusting the vendor with my credit card info... which barrier seems even bigger in proportion to smaller transactions.
If there were a coin slot in the side of the monitor, I'd probably be buying stuff online far more than I do now.
(one great thing about Steam: you do this once, and can do transactions with any number of other vendors and let Valve, whom by this point you've already deemed to be worth giving your CC # to, handle the money bit.)
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For me the biggest psychological barrier is just setting up all the account information and then entrusting the vendor with my credit card info... which barrier seems even bigger in proportion to smaller transactions.
If there were a coin slot in the side of the monitor, I'd probably be buying stuff online far more than I do now.
(one great thing about Steam: you do this once, and can do transactions with any number of other vendors and let Valve, whom by this point you've already deemed to be worth giving your CC # to, handle the money bit.)