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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by squarefoot on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:59AM (#21124814)
Also, the consumer usually thinks that $399 is closer to $300 than to $400, which is the exact reason why prices ending by 9 are used. The first step toward consumer friendly marketing should be abandoning such ignoble psychological tricks.
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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by lotsofpulp on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:30AM (#21126454)
If someone can't do simple subtraction, especially with computers in their pockets, then either they need a 1st grade education, or they don't care about that amount of money. Either way, there is no need to put any restrictions on a clearly transparent price.

I can't classify pricing with 9s to be a "trick". No one is being tricked, the price is right there.

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