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Seriously, there's no way they didn't choose that shit on purpose.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They do odd incremental pricing with a lot of things. I don't know that it's nefarious so much as it is nefarious. They know $14.99 is read by consumers as $15. $14.98 is a ratfucked $14.99. By the 0.80s we see it as $14.xx and it's perceptibly cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

At a few of my retail jobs, the .xx system was shorthand for pricing types: .95-open box, .90-clearance, .97-manager's sale, whatever. Doubles are just easy on the eyes, too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

This is the answer, the last 2 digits are a code to categorize items

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It can also be an item that's 14.89 at another retailer and they want to be able to claim they have the lowest price

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

this is exactly what it is, and walmart does it all the time. op is seeing ghosts

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Shit should have read one comment farther before posting this exact same thing.