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Topic	Can we as a society stop it with the whole 99 cents thing.
adjl 11/16/23 11:00:03 PM #10:	rjsilverthorn posted... While you'd think that was the case, the psychology says otherwise. Indeed. Even if you've consciously acknowledged the trick, your first impression of the number will still be that it's smaller than it actually is. You pretty much have to actively stop yourself from thinking it's lower at all times to avoid being influenced by it, and the simple fact of the matter is that nobody can maintain that all the time. I do, however, make a habit of preferentially supporting businesses that do price things honestly. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:977256850] in Can we as ... [t:80621961]...</cite> <quote>rjsilverthorn posted... </cite><quote>While you'd think that was the case, the psychology says otherwise.</quote>Indeed. Even if you've consciously acknowledged the trick, your first impression of the number will still be that it's smaller than it actually is. You pretty much have to actively stop yourself from thinking it's lower at all times to avoid being influenced by it, and the simple fact of the matter is that nobody can maintain that all the time.I do, however, make a habit of preferentially supporting businesses that do price things honestly. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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