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This is just this scene from The Jerk in written form.
I just round up to the nearest multiple of 5. Who the hell rounds down when looking at prices?
The crafty madmen
they could've just said they smoked weed
No way. 7.99 is 10
For me:
Under 100₴ - free
100₴ - 300₴ - it must be worth it for me to buy it.
More than 300₴ - i will never finacially recover from this purschase.
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They’re outta line, but they’re right
I get it, but it reads like Trump talking.
Nothing new tbh. How we subconsciously round off numbers is a big part of super market pricing. Everything with a zero at the end seems bigger. Not only does 19.99 seem much smaller then 20, but even 21.99 seems smaller then 20 at a glance.
I used to work at a call center dealing with phone bill questions. Once you go past 20, people only see the first digit and the total number of digits, and perceive every digit after the first as 0.
If I had a nickel for every time I had this conversation, I'd have more than two nickels.
Customer: Why has my bill gone up by £10?!
Me: I see that on you called a premium rate line which cost £2.
Customer: That's only £2! I want to know why my bill is £10 higher!
Me: Your bill is normally £29.50. This month it's £31.50. That's a £2 difference.
Customer: Oh, so it is.
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There's Math, then there's Math By Marketers
Still waiting for ANNO 1800 with all extensions to fall to the 5$ category. Until then, I'm enjoying me some ANNO 2070.
Unfortunately up here the Benjamins to beaver bucks conversion rate sucks. And then we have to pay 15% tax on top.
So anything that’s trying to follow that logic breaks apart real quick, even when there’s 10% off on launch, still comes out to more than the full price would be.. :(
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8 bucks is definitely 10 bucks in my book. 6.99 is 5 but above that and I start thinking 10.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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