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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by mbreese on Friday May 06, 2022 @12:06PM (#31286794)
And yet, how often are prices at a store still quoted as $4.95? or $10.99? We all know what the psychology of pricing is, and yet it still persists. People are strange and illogical creatures.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by dymk on Friday May 06, 2022 @01:32PM (#31287768)
Those are "round" numbers by social convention, and our psychology rounds them down.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by iso1631 on Friday May 06, 2022 @03:18PM (#31288755)
I think I automatically round 10.99 to 10, 9.99 to 10, 4.95 to 5, etc.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by V-2 on Friday May 06, 2022 @04:22PM (#31289273)
The first case is bizarre to me, unless that's a typo
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by robocat on Friday May 06, 2022 @08:31PM (#31291070)
> Bizarre

They just round more than you: I think your presumption that others should think like you is bizarre. Some people only round to 10 cents. If you are wealthy enough, you could easily round 10.99 to $0.

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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by V-2 on Monday May 09, 2022 @04:27AM (#31311799)
> I think your presumption that others should think like you is bizarre.

What I actually wrote was "bizarre to me", not just "bizarre" (as in your quote), so I don't think it's fair to say that my comment conveyed such presumption

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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by kingofpandora on Friday May 06, 2022 @11:40PM (#31291973)
I think it just proves that x.99 pricing works. It tripped up the poster who was trying to claim they mentally round up.
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by iso1631 on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:07PM (#31316745)
Which poster was claiming that?
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Re:When negotiating a price, never bid with a round number (... by iso1631 on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:07PM (#31316732)
No it's not, 10.99 for some reason works for me
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