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> Booking.com -> Pretending the venue is about to run out of places and there are only "2 places left..."

I was buying train ticket in France yesterday (through the SNCF website) and I was shown that exact message...

It might well be true.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Yeah; when you are buying directly from the provider, such a a train ticket from SNCF, the chances that they show accurate messages about remaining space is higher than when you use a third party service which can only show second hand information.

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