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Prices ending in 95 or 99 are used to prevent shop staff pocketing the
money handed over by customers as they have to open the till to give the 1 or 5 change. Items sold in round amounts would not require the till to be opened to give change thus giving the shop staff more opportunities to pocket the cash. Billy "A.E. Gelat" wrote: Does anyone know where the use of prices ending in .95 or .99 started? I consider this a method of misleading simple-minded people who are apt to see 79.99 as a price in the seventies, not the $80 it really is, if one ignores the missing penny. My first recollection of this was prices in French advertisements. Tony "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On 06 Sep 2004 13:01:08 GMT, (JSTONE9352) wrote: I have a hard time understanding the mindset behind this. $8.95? that is just insane. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=39291094 33 &rd=1 Not that difficult: $3.85 to post the package $5.10 to courrier the package to the post office Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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From: jstone
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=39291094 3 3&rd=1 $8.95 shipping and handling? Maybe he's going to sen it registered mail, for the insurance / signature aspect. 8-| - Coin Saver |
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Does that apply to a car priced at $19.999?
Tony "note.boy" wrote in message ... Prices ending in 95 or 99 are used to prevent shop staff pocketing the money handed over by customers as they have to open the till to give the 1 or 5 change. Items sold in round amounts would not require the till to be opened to give change thus giving the shop staff more opportunities to pocket the cash. Billy "A.E. Gelat" wrote: Does anyone know where the use of prices ending in .95 or .99 started? I consider this a method of misleading simple-minded people who are apt to see 79.99 as a price in the seventies, not the $80 it really is, if one ignores the missing penny. My first recollection of this was prices in French advertisements. Tony "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On 06 Sep 2004 13:01:08 GMT, (JSTONE9352) wrote: I have a hard time understanding the mindset behind this. $8.95? that is just insane. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=39291094 33 &rd=1 Not that difficult: $3.85 to post the package $5.10 to courrier the package to the post office Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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One car dealer in the UK ends all his prices with "88", just a gimmick I
suppose. The Renault 5 car was sold at one time in the UK for £5,555. Billy "A.E. Gel" wrote: Does that apply to a car priced at $19.999? Tony "note.boy" wrote in message ... Prices ending in 95 or 99 are used to prevent shop staff pocketing the money handed over by customers as they have to open the till to give the 1 or 5 change. Items sold in round amounts would not require the till to be opened to give change thus giving the shop staff more opportunities to pocket the cash. Billy "A.E. Gelat" wrote: Does anyone know where the use of prices ending in .95 or .99 started? I consider this a method of misleading simple-minded people who are apt to see 79.99 as a price in the seventies, not the $80 it really is, if one ignores the missing penny. My first recollection of this was prices in French advertisements. Tony "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On 06 Sep 2004 13:01:08 GMT, (JSTONE9352) wrote: I have a hard time understanding the mindset behind this. $8.95? that is just insane. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=39291094 33 &rd=1 Not that difficult: $3.85 to post the package $5.10 to courrier the package to the post office Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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