That's because in your mind, you already own the product, making you more vulnerable to pitches for things that promise to make the purchase more useful or less vulnerable.

原因在于，一旦意识到自己拥有了某件产品，你就比较容易相信商家的说词，由此买下一些据说能让该产品更好用或是更不容易坏的东西。

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With less than a week until Election Day, the Obama and McCain campaigns are making late pitches to voters in key states like Florida and elsewhere.

距离大选只剩不到一星期了，奥巴马与麦凯恩的竞选团队都在例如佛罗里达州这样的关键州里加紧游说选民。

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In private, it is less gloomy, conceding that the union nearly always pitches its first claim at around twice what it actually expects to get.

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VCs see hundreds of pitches a month, so your deck should be nothing less than engaging and memorable.

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Less than one in five believe there will be more holding company pitches.

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