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I wouldn't say immune, I just have a low tolerance for unfounded claims, and little interest in most of the impulse purchase junk that most ads are trying to sell.
Give me an ad for good tech at good prices (and actually list the fkin price), and I'm interested.
Like OP said, if there's no price, just a "call to get a quote" or some other similar nonsense in place of a price, then I'm either not buying that product, or I'm buying it somewhere else that they list the damn cost.
"Call to inquire" can be adequately translated to: we want to sell this shit to your entire company, call us so we can convince you to do just that" meanwhile you want to buy one so you can check it out to see if it's even useful because marketing claims are almost always bullshit.
I agree on this for products however with services (such as the ones I provide) I can't really give you a price upfront except for stuff I've highly standardized, because I have no idea until we work out the project on how much labour/costs it's gonna have.
I don't think it's a normal expectation for services with variable labor and materials to have a flat price associated. Certainly not for businesses buying said services. But there isn't a single "charge per seat" software company that has a valid excuse for obfuscating pricing. Every software company I've worked with (and I've worked with hundreds over my career buying software for corps) has a "list price" for their product even if they hide it.