see when something is advertised on tv people say that is is under 100 pound and it is 99.99 how is that helpful!!!! just say the real price fur god's sake
2007-01-09 12:33:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
I know just what you mean.
I wonder how many people wander round the place chanting " well i got a penny change out of my £100 lol
2007-01-09 12:49:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same thing with gas. How do you pay .9 cents? Just wanted to throw that in to think about too. It's a sales gimmic under 100. by 1 cent. Gotta love it.
2007-01-09 20:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Blues Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a marketing gimmick my friend. If they price something at 59.95 then you can tell everyone you got it for under sixty dollars. They do the same with a lot of things like car prices. If you see something priced for 18,000 dollars then see something priced for 17,995. Which are you going to buy?....lol ...All in business price warring my friend.
2007-01-09 21:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by dee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just think about how many wasted numbers are used in the world to show the price of petrol at 83.9 pence per litre.
Curiously enough, there are no "99p" shops, are there ?
xx lol
2007-01-09 20:56:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know it's slightly irrelevant but I noted the comment about the anti-depressants that warn you that they might induce suicide - this is indeed intriguing. The other day I read on a packet of M&S smoked ham: 'Please note that this produce may contain pieces of smoked ham.' I wonder who is paid to write this information and, as another poster noted re the waste of numbers, I wonder about the waste of wrods, typing, printing ink etc ...
2007-01-10 07:42:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah but where would everyone's penny jars be without all those 1 pence pieces!
and whats even more annoying is when you buy something for £1.99 in a shop and start to walk out without your precious 1p change and the shop assistant shouts after you and you have to go back to get it.
why dont they just make 99p coins??
2007-01-09 20:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by monkeynuts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the reason is because that gets more buyers they put out loudly:"UNDER $100!then they slip in the price,kindda like when they sell medicine,like they have ant-depresant pills and they say fast and quietly,thoughts of sucide may uccur,its like then how does the pill work if you want to die?!
2007-01-09 20:45:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man I agree with you 100%!
2007-01-09 20:41:25 · answer #8 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen.
2007-01-09 20:41:15 · answer #9 · answered by Bell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are 100% right there .....
2007-01-09 20:40:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋