Sales are everywhere. Sale on shoes, bags, shirts, gadgets and everything. Malls and shops use this technique to attract buyers, but you know what? Do you think you've been discounted a higher price than ordinary? No. Instead of saving 20%, you spend 80% on things you dont really need. This is not economical and most of us are easily lured to it. This is what i hate about people. When there's useless trending items on sale, they buy immediately even on credit cards but if bitcoin drops, they talk negative about it. Normal mindset wants to get temporary attention. Not permanent comfort.
I believe discount is a way of marketing to attract buyers so i do think there is no problem in it. Well talking about bitcoin i do think word of mouth is really have a big impact on the price and how people think about bitcoin.
some people sometimes talk about bitcoin not only from the good side, but sometimes they talk about the bad side of bitcoin and make bitcoin become not trusted anymore, there are even people who use bitcoin as a crime to others.