We tested whether the original orientations differed from an arbitrarily non-preferred orientation for these stimuli. The
non-preferred orientation of the Gemelli pasta was ranked more frequently by participants as the orientation that they would be willing to pay more for, as compared to the preferred orientation.
Indeed, participants reported they would also pay more for this non-preferred orientation. There was no difference in preference for the two Izadi wine orientations. However, the participants were willing to pay an additional $1.36 for the wine when the triangle was oriented (downward) as in the commercially available packaging as compared to the non-optimally oriented wine (upward; based on chosen preferred orientations in Experiment 1).