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[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you choosing to go to the store that does $20 instead of $19.99?

Does that store exist?

It's more that the customer refuses to buy the $20 item but at 19.99 it seems just a little more attainable.

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is a fair point. But then again, I don't even remember the last time I was in a store that had honest prices.

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I remember that for a time, JC Penney focused on honest pricing and abandoned common predatory prices. They came close to bankruptcy and went back to their old ways. The psychology of feeling like we got a good deal is so ingrained into most people that it becomes difficult to run a business without those things