Regarding the H4 to H8, concerning the involvement-based
moderators, the results tend to confirm that involvement
measurements have a moderating effect on the base model
relationships. Nevertheless, unexpected results were obtained
concerning two components – interest and pleasure (H4 and
H7). The expectation was that in a high-interest and a
high-perceived pleasure in the product, there would be a
stronger quality–value–higher price disposition relationship. If
a product is interesting or pleasing, costumers would feel more
involved and, thus, would pay more attention to the brand’s
quality and offered value. Contrary to this, the data in the
present study show a stronger relationship between PBQ and
value, when the interest and the pleasure perceived towards
the product were low. Perhaps, in the presence of
higher-interest and pleasing products, a customer would pay
less attention to the brand’s quality due to the joy in which the
customer experiences. Somehow, the joyful aspect would
outweigh other value indicators, such as quality. It is not
surprising that these two involvement components show the
same behaviour because interest and pleasure are two
involvement components that are so highly correlated that it
has been discussed that they may actually be aspects of the
same dimension (Jain and Srinivasan, 1990; Rodgers and
Schneider, 1993).