• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    7 months ago

    There’s still probably someone out there who’s like “Finally! I’ve been waiting for that to go on sale”

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    You’d be surprised how well “99” works compared to the whole number. It’s a marketing trick, which is why most items are listed as .99, .98, etc.

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      7 months ago

      I always heard this for decades and still am not convinced the average human really thinks 199 is any different than 200. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t recognise it as a cheap uneffective trick

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        7 months ago

        That’s not the point. Obviously everyone recognizes and knows this, but it still changes something about your impression subconsciously, even if you think it doesn’t affect you.

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    7 months ago

    Printing that label cost more than the sale price difference. Gotta recoup the expense somewhere.

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    7 months ago

    Or to compare to Amazon

    Sale price $59.99 From $100 Price 2 days ago $49 From $59

    • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Every in game auction house lol pretty much any item that hasn’t just been bought out and manipulated has the same entries.

      2000 1999 1980 1950 1900 1899 1880 1500