Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down113
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhat is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareSkeezix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoRetailers learned decades ago that marking a price at at 39.99 gets much more sales than selling it for $40. It’s basically textbook chapter one of psyop capitalism.
minus-squaredbx12@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoJokes on them, I always round up to the next full dollar mentally.
Retailers learned decades ago that marking a price at at 39.99 gets much more sales than selling it for $40. It’s basically textbook chapter one of psyop capitalism.
Jokes on them, I always round up to the next full dollar mentally.