Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agoWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?message-squaremessage-square339fedilinkarrow-up1240
arrow-up1240message-squareWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 26 days agomessage-square339fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up58·25 days agoEnding a price in .99 so you think it is a whole dollar less.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·25 days agoBut it works! Supposedly. Don’t poke holes in the JC penney story.
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·25 days agoThat’s because it’s so normalized we don’t even realize it’s a scam anymore.
minus-square1D10@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·25 days agoI honestly don’t understand that, I have always rounded up for money going out and down for money coming in. So if I see something priced at $3.25 my brain thinks $4, and if I earn $3.25 my brain thinks $3 dollars.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoAh but then you’ll also see something priced at 3.99 as 4, same as something priced at 3.25
Ending a price in .99 so you think it is a whole dollar less.
But it works! Supposedly. Don’t poke holes in the JC penney story.
That’s because it’s so normalized we don’t even realize it’s a scam anymore.
I honestly don’t understand that, I have always rounded up for money going out and down for money coming in. So if I see something priced at $3.25 my brain thinks $4, and if I earn $3.25 my brain thinks $3 dollars.
Ah but then you’ll also see something priced at 3.99 as 4, same as something priced at 3.25