Worth 10¢
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The point would be the same, but it would have been nice.
Maybe no one thought to pose the dog back in 08. Or they did but he’s dead now.
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@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
Why is gasoline allowed to be sold in 0.1 tenths of a cent??
Is there any other products which are not sold to the cent?
What makes you think ANY product should have to get permission to set their prices?
@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
Why is gasoline allowed to be sold in 0.1 tenths of a cent??
Is there any other products which are not sold to the cent?
What makes you think ANY product should have to get permission to set their prices?
I just think that companies would have to set a price that people can actually pay.
It seems to be unique for gas stations. I dont think that McDonalds sells their hamburgers for USD $1.99.9 per burger.
Just seems kind of weird.
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
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@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
Why is gasoline allowed to be sold in 0.1 tenths of a cent??
Is there any other products which are not sold to the cent?
What makes you think ANY product should have to get permission to set their prices?
I just think that companies would have to set a price that people can actually pay.
It seems to be unique for gas stations. I dont think that McDonalds sells their hamburgers for USD $1.99.9 per burger.
Just seems kind of weird.
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
Gas IS priced in actual amounts. In fact, the government drops in on stations unannounced to check the calibration of the pumps, to make sure the price matches product delivery exactly. Each pump has a government seal attached verifying this.
This is a practice that began when gas prices were 10 or 12 cents a gallon. Precisely BECAUSE prices were checked and verifies accurate people understood the logic - station A has gas for 12 cents a gallon, to appear to be lower priced, station B across the street priced their gas at 11.9 cents a gallon. Because both had to pass the same standards, station B was legitimately lower priced. Big Macs are not priced that way because that marketing method wouldn't help at all in selling hamburgers.
While it may seem weird, there IS a history behind it, and today everyone expects it so raising your price .1 cents a gallon will, just like always, make your price appear to be a penny a gallon higher than everyone else. So no need to resort to dictatorial tactics - the prices posted ARE actual amounts, and while it IS legitimate government intervention to check to assure product delivery matches price, it is NOT a legitimate function of government to dictate prices.
Maybe when the Left finally installs a "world leader" they can force retailers to give up control of pricing to the world dictatorship, but as long as we are free, they get to set their own prices.
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@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
Why is gasoline allowed to be sold in 0.1 tenths of a cent??
Is there any other products which are not sold to the cent?
What makes you think ANY product should have to get permission to set their prices?
I just think that companies would have to set a price that people can actually pay.
It seems to be unique for gas stations. I dont think that McDonalds sells their hamburgers for USD $1.99.9 per burger.
Just seems kind of weird.
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
Gas IS priced in actual amounts. In fact, the government drops in on stations unannounced to check the calibration of the pumps, to make sure the price matches product delivery exactly. Each pump has a government seal attached verifying this.
This is a practice that began when gas prices were 10 or 12 cents a gallon. Precisely BECAUSE prices were checked and verifies accurate people understood the logic - station A has gas for 12 cents a gallon, to appear to be lower priced, station B across the street priced their gas at 11.9 cents a gallon. Because both had to pass the same standards, station B was legitimately lower priced. Big Macs are not priced that way because that marketing method wouldn't help at all in selling hamburgers.
While it may seem weird, there IS a history behind it, and today everyone expects it so raising your price .1 cents a gallon will, just like always, make your price appear to be a penny a gallon higher than everyone else. So no need to resort to dictatorial tactics - the prices posted ARE actual amounts, and while it IS legitimate government intervention to check to assure product delivery matches price, it is NOT a legitimate function of government to dictate prices.
Maybe when the Left finally installs a "world leader" they can force retailers to give up control of pricing to the world dictatorship, but as long as we are free, they get to set their own prices.
@larry I agree and understand everything you say, but it just doesn't seem right. LOL
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@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
Why is gasoline allowed to be sold in 0.1 tenths of a cent??
Is there any other products which are not sold to the cent?
What makes you think ANY product should have to get permission to set their prices?
I just think that companies would have to set a price that people can actually pay.
It seems to be unique for gas stations. I dont think that McDonalds sells their hamburgers for USD $1.99.9 per burger.
Just seems kind of weird.
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
You know what I'd change if I ruled the world?
People quoting the bloody price without sales tax. What a load of bollocks that is. They stick up $4.99, and then they charge you $5.04, or whatever the hell it is.
Tell me what the freaking thing is going to freaking cost, you knobhead! I don't give a shit which bit goes to the local government, I just want to know what I'm expecting to pay!
I was only joking
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It's the same psychology that causes big ticket items to be priced at 3999 instead of 4000 dollars. That last dollar causes the first number to go from 3 to 4, so even though everyone is aware that it's only a dollar, it feels like a thousand.
I read somewhere that Wal-Mart uses the odd cents on the end of the "sale price" as a way to "code" items, in other words, to let employees know if it's (for examp,e) overstocked, aged inventory, discontinued, etc. I don't know the code of course, but as an example, an item might be priced "on sale" for 28.88, the .88 meaning aged inventory, or 28.77, the .77 meaning overstocked, and so on.
Ts interesting how price affects motivation. When i was in the piano business, every once in a while there would be a specific piano that seemed like it would never sell. Just for explanation purposes, let's say it was a co sole piano, "regular price 3995, on sale for 2999." But it sat.... slash through the 2999 price, and put "special one only - 2488". But it sat..... slash through the 2488... "final sale price 1999!!!"... but it sat.. it seemed to be "marked"... but pull it off the sales floor and put in the warehouse for a month or so, bring it out again with a new price tag "$4895" and it would sell within a week, often for nearly 4k.... don't ask me why, but it always worked.
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@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
You know what I'd change if I ruled the world?
People quoting the bloody price without sales tax. What a load of bollocks that is. They stick up $4.99, and then they charge you $5.04, or whatever the hell it is.
Tell me what the freaking thing is going to freaking cost, you knobhead! I don't give a shit which bit goes to the local government, I just want to know what I'm expecting to pay!
@doctor-phibes said in Worth 10¢:
@taiwan_girl said in Worth 10¢:
When I become leader of the world, that will be one of my first things to abolish! All prices must be posted in actual amounts!!
You know what I'd change if I ruled the world?
People quoting the bloody price without sales tax. What a load of bollocks that is. They stick up $4.99, and then they charge you $5.04, or whatever the hell it is.
Tell me what the freaking thing is going to freaking cost, you knobhead! I don't give a shit which bit goes to the local government, I just want to know what I'm expecting to pay!
I agree. Cash registers and price marking tools today are computers. Easy enough to include the sales tax in the price.
But I am sure that there would be a lot of "pushback' from stores on this, especially from ones that are in higher local tax areas.
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It's the same psychology that causes big ticket items to be priced at 3999 instead of 4000 dollars. That last dollar causes the first number to go from 3 to 4, so even though everyone is aware that it's only a dollar, it feels like a thousand.
I read somewhere that Wal-Mart uses the odd cents on the end of the "sale price" as a way to "code" items, in other words, to let employees know if it's (for examp,e) overstocked, aged inventory, discontinued, etc. I don't know the code of course, but as an example, an item might be priced "on sale" for 28.88, the .88 meaning aged inventory, or 28.77, the .77 meaning overstocked, and so on.
Ts interesting how price affects motivation. When i was in the piano business, every once in a while there would be a specific piano that seemed like it would never sell. Just for explanation purposes, let's say it was a co sole piano, "regular price 3995, on sale for 2999." But it sat.... slash through the 2999 price, and put "special one only - 2488". But it sat..... slash through the 2488... "final sale price 1999!!!"... but it sat.. it seemed to be "marked"... but pull it off the sales floor and put in the warehouse for a month or so, bring it out again with a new price tag "$4895" and it would sell within a week, often for nearly 4k.... don't ask me why, but it always worked.
It's the same psychology that causes big ticket items to be priced at 3999 instead of 4000 dollars. That last dollar causes the first number to go from 3 to 4, so even though everyone is aware that it's only a dollar, it feels like a thousand.
Yup. LOL On similar story, I was reading about if someone is buying a bag of noodles for USD$10, and the exact same bag is for sale a block away for USD$9, many/most people will go the extra block to save the USD$1
But it someone is buying a fancy dress, and it is USD $476 in one store and the exact same dress in a store one block away is USD$475, most people would not get the extra block to save that one dollar.
Human thinking is very interesting.
