2006-11-30 04:45:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Local Businesses ➔ United States ➔ Other - US Local Businesses
Snap! Glad I asked this is one time where Y!A has enlighten me.
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2006-11-30 04:56:05 · update #1
the 9/10ths is a cent, but I don't know why they don't just roung it up, cause you can't pay just 9/10ths of something, how would you get a tenth of a cent back?
2006-11-30 22:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by gonepostalinmo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its 9/10 of a cent. Basically it is marketing. You are actually paying very close to 1 penny more for a gallon of gas, but it appears to the human psychy that you are getting it for less. Why do you think everything is sold as $$$.99. When something sells for $299.99 instead of $300.00, we see the 2 first and that is more appealing than the 3.
2006-11-30 12:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by ThePerfectStranger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a psychological marketing ploy. The same reason a $10 item is listed as $9.99, a $20 Thousand car for $19,999, etc. A trick to make you think you're paying less than you really are. Yes, some people are THAT stupid.
2006-11-30 12:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by S D Modiano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually not 9/10 of a gallon, but say gas price is "$2.24" It would actually be almost 2.25 per gallon, it reads as two dollars, twenty-four and nine tenths cents per gallon.
2006-11-30 12:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by camandizmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its 9/10 of a cent, not gallon. Im told its to account for the dead space in the hoses. Believe that about as much as i believe anything else those thieves tell me.
2006-11-30 12:48:51 · answer #5 · answered by David B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's 9/10 of a CENT, not gallon.
and that is simply so that is LOOKS cheaper. you see $2.39 9/10, so you're really PAYING $2.40, but people look at it and think "oh, $2.39? that's not bad."
i know it seems stupid, but it's true.
2006-11-30 12:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just another marketing trick
2006-11-30 13:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by mark j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋