$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

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.

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.

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.

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/

My recollection goes back to the 1930's, with French advertisements for
goods.

Tony

"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message
...
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/

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.

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.

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.

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.