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Old September 6th 04, 02:01 PM
JSTONE9352
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Default $8.95 shipping and handling?

I have a hard time understanding the mindset behind this. $8.95?
that is just insane.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=39291094 3
3&rd=1
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Old September 6th 04, 04:16 PM
Padraic Brown
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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...91094 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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Old September 6th 04, 06:56 PM
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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
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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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Old September 6th 04, 06:58 PM
JSTONE9352
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Not that difficult:

$3.85 to post the package


Much cheaper options are available (if the seller wants to be
reasonable).

$5.10 to courrier the package to the post office


Yeah, thats a familiar one where
someone lives in the boondocks
and has a sob story about how
much it costs to drive to the P.O.

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Old September 6th 04, 10:17 PM
Owen Linzmayer
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The mindset is apparently to charge as much as you can get away with. If it
were an expensive note that required insurance and registration, or shipping
in a slab via FedEx, then I could see how the price was justified. But as a
way of slipping in hidden profit, it's deplorable.


On 9/6/04 6:01 AM, in article ,
"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...em=39291094 3
3&rd=1


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Old September 6th 04, 10:18 PM
Owen Linzmayer
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I'm not sure where it started, but the psychology is as you suspect. It's
intended to give the impression of a lower price. Less expensive items often
end in 99 whereas more expensive items end in 95.


On 9/6/04 10:56 AM, in article , "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.


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Old September 7th 04, 03:06 AM
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In article "A.E. Gelat" writes:
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.


My first recollection comes from the US. Say 1950s or 1960s, when an LP
was US$ 2.98 or somesuch. (Yes, I had a subscription to Down Beat at that
time.) At that time LP records overhere were DFL 12.95, 16.95 or something
like that. It would not surprise me that, when you go back, you will find
much earlier examples.
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home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/
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Old September 7th 04, 05:16 AM
A.E. Gelat
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My recollection goes back to the 1930's, with French advertisements for
goods.

Tony

"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message
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In article "A.E. Gelat"

writes:
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.


My first recollection comes from the US. Say 1950s or 1960s, when an LP
was US$ 2.98 or somesuch. (Yes, I had a subscription to Down Beat at that
time.) At that time LP records overhere were DFL 12.95, 16.95 or

something
like that. It would not surprise me that, when you go back, you will find
much earlier examples.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland,

+31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland;

http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/


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Old September 7th 04, 05:58 PM
rhodo chrosite
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How far back does the .9 on gasoline go? I know it was standard in the
late '40 and early '50s when the usual price was typically 19.9 cents in the
midwest.


"JSTONE9352" wrote in message
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I have a hard time understanding the mindset behind this. $8.95?
that is just insane.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=39291094 3
3&rd=1



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Old September 7th 04, 06:15 PM
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x-no-archive:yes

That auction does mention that insurance is included with the s/h price, so
if he is shipping Fedex, UPS or Priority mail, trackable, with both insurance &
"signature required", (both extra svcs), he isn't out of line.
I wouldn't want him to thow it in an untraceable, uninsured envelope.....

 




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