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Re:The Psychological Difference Between $12.00 and $11.67 by spaulo12 on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @12:29PM (#8991711)
What about gas prices? Why do we, as a country, put up with "$2.59 9/10" as a price? It's ridiculous.
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Re:The Psychological Difference Between $12.00 and $11.67 by ac29 on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @11:44PM (#8995349)
Status quo? I dont see it as any different than "putting up" with $x.99 prices, its just not enough of a difference to change behavior. The quirky gas prices date back to a time when gas cost $0.25/gallon, so the 24 & 9/10 cents was a significant margin increase (vs 24 cents) on a product that was, and is, a low margin product (at least at retail).
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