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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
Does anyone care if an item is priced at $19.96 or $19.97 or $19.98 as opposed to $20.00?
Answer that and you have your answer.
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It's a psychological tatic used by retailers, as it just sounds like, less money but it's not. It is $20, for the product, in reality. That's why gas stations charge $3.199 instead of $3.20. That penny certainly adds up when you think of the amount of gas, consumed in this country. The penny will be around for a long time. Many businesses can and will make a lot of money off the penny, when you think of millions/billions of people that buy their products.
To us, it seems useless, as it appears to be such a small amount of money but the corporations probably won't think of it that way. IMHO
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