I don't think that's the norm, even among the majority if HN readers, but I agree that your process as described appears to remove any potential promotional influence.
* Marketing, as I've argued elsewhere, goes beyond promotion and impacts prices and the details of the offers, which obviously did impact your choices. But I think you and most people in this thread are referring specifically to the promotional side of marketing, so it may be pedantic of me to make my argument here.
So: Touché.
I don't think that's the norm, even among the majority if HN readers, but I agree that your process as described appears to remove any potential promotional influence.
* Marketing, as I've argued elsewhere, goes beyond promotion and impacts prices and the details of the offers, which obviously did impact your choices. But I think you and most people in this thread are referring specifically to the promotional side of marketing, so it may be pedantic of me to make my argument here.