Study 3B was conducted to rule out the alternative mechanism that anticipated guilt rather than affective arousal is driving our results. The study design was similar to study 3 except that attractiveness and guilt measures were included for both the hedonic and utilitarian products across price conditions. The baron and Kenny (1986) mediation analysis indicated that perceived guilt doesn’t mediate our main effects whereas affect was again found to fully mediate the impact of price conditions on the choice share of the hedonic option.