The majority of cars that are for sale at dealerships end in 995, for example £4,995 and £9,995 WHY? why cant they round it up? ive never seen a vehicle that is a perfect round number.
2007-01-07 02:38:35 · 14 answers · asked by ms_jaffa_cake 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
It is sales psychology. The mind sees the 11995 and sees the 11 grand price tag rather than a fiver of 12 grand. It also allows the adverts to say Buy the new feista for under 12 grand.
2007-01-07 02:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by Litmus180 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If something was for sale for £10.995 it looks like it's less than £11.000, and people think that's better. The reason it's 995 and not 999 is because there will only be a limited amount of number 9's for the price boards the garage will have.
2007-01-07 04:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EASY. dealers use numbers on their price boards. If everything was "000" at the end, they would run out of "0"'s. This way, they can use 9's and 5's as well.
Not actually the reason, but could be!!!!
2007-01-08 01:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by richard n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its away to make the pice look lesser than say £1000 to £995
2007-01-07 02:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well its a trick of businesses to make us think tht we r having a bargain..
u wont have the same satisfied feeling for spending £1000 for £999.99..... coz there are onky 3 digits b4 the decimal..it seems well cheap and as a bargain to us.. but infact there is only a difference of 1 pence..........
2007-01-07 23:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by Honda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To make the price look one unit low with less difference
2007-01-07 03:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by itrat n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a trick to make you think its less,go and look in Tesco or any big supermarket they mark things at.99 and they have been doing this for years.
2007-01-07 13:55:24 · answer #7 · answered by restfullone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyones right about it, it's a retail trick.
keeps you interested in the vehicle and you less likely to ask for a deal or a percentage off the vehicle.
2007-01-07 08:14:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DOES MY HEAD IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
Trying to make it look cheaper.
once i went in co-op, the had some chicken 500 grammes 2.99,the next week i went it they had the same chicken,saying buy one get one free 1000 grammes of chicken 5.98,wtf that all about.
its all marketing bs,trying to trick us consumer into thinking they doing us a favour.
2007-01-07 02:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dealers make it look cheaper like 9,995 which is really10,000, syaing 9,995 just sounds cheaper.
2007-01-07 04:26:16 · answer #10 · answered by rkitect93 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋