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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I doubt it works on me. I have bought smaller items due to doing the per unit price in my head (don't trust what they put there and two often then apples and organges the units) or completely not bought something or bought some alternative (potatoes instead of bread or rice instead of potatoes).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't it have its roots in forcing clerks to give change and recording the sale (rather than pocketing the money)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's the three strategies of pricing:

  • Price the item as XX.99 to make it feel cheaper than it is
  • Price the item as a whole/round number to make it feel premium
  • Price the item as a seemingly random number like XX.57 to get ahead of the shopper who are weary of the first two tactics
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Wasn't that originally to sell newspaper?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I thought it was a trick by sign writers who charge by the letter.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

But its true though, don't you think they would save on the printer ink if it wasn't the case?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't take much to convince the people in charge they're right. Usually the amount is minimum wage.

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