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Do people actually fall for this?

>> No.18601270

Yes. See also: everything is always """"on sales""""" and customers stop buying if it's no longer promoted, even if the price is the same. People are idiots.

>> No.18601324
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>>18601204

Obviously.

>do people not know that people fall for this?

>> No.18601340

>>18601204
Someone told me the reason he bought my guitar was because 1499$ caught his attention better than 1500

>> No.18601347

>>18601204
Yea, usually women and soibois who protest capitalism all day do

>> No.18601352

>>18601204
sales tax is progressive

>> No.18601387

Of course it works, basic psychology. Even if you know $199 means $200 you subconsciously look at these different.

>> No.18601397

>>18601204
it also forces the cashier to make change and record the transaction retard

>> No.18601399

>go to shop
>compare weight/price and nothing else
I don't know how normies even manage to clothe themselves

>> No.18601403

>>18601204
It is mostly psychological fucking with you. For some reason, while we understand with our higher level of thinking that is isn't worth it, our lizard brain goes,"Ooooo I can get more with less". Plus most brain dead coonsomers don't think with their high brain fuctions.

>> No.18601410

>>18601387
if you fall for this then you are legitimately brainlet retard tier

>> No.18601439

>>18601410
What do you think most fucking coonsumers are?

>> No.18601483

Aaaaaah Im gonna.... Im gonna consoom!!!!!!!

>> No.18601514

>>18601204
Most people are that retarded yes.

>> No.18601545
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>sees shirt for $19.99 instead of $20.00
"OMG what a steal this shirt really is cheap i cannot believe that they are selling that low"

>> No.18601595

>>18601387
*$199.99

>> No.18601631

>>18601204
Sadly yes
>14.99 = "It costs $14.00"
>15.00 = "That's a dollar more than the other one!"

>> No.18601649

>>18601204
Just choose price with repeating digits

>> No.18601739

Countless millions of dollars of market research has concluded that yes, they do fall for it

>> No.18601784
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>>18601204
this does work

>> No.18601865

>>18601739
To add to this, everything about a Walmart layout is deliberately designed to get people to buy shit. $.45/lb bananas, $2 gallons of milk, $.20 notebooks, $2 12 packs of ramen. Those are all loss leaders designed to get you in the door and buy other shit. Corporate headquarters in Arkansas dictates how each store layout needs to be organized in order to maximize sales. The random endcaps and candy in the checkout lane is part of a department that's literally called "Impulse". It's all mind games.

>> No.18601877

>>18601784
this

>> No.18601940

>>18601865
For the same reason, retail stores try to mainly hire female cashiers
Cashiers interact with customers more than any other position, and if creepy old guys like to talk to young attractive girls, they’re more likely to come back.

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>>18601784
>>18601204
both work like magic, human minds are strange
you might think it doesn't work for you but guess what it does subconsciously

>> No.18602032

>>18601204
>>18601410
Yes, you are a brainlet because you've fallen for it.

>> No.18602125

>>18601204
It's a psychological thing and it works.

>> No.18602162

>>18601399
based goodwill outlet shopper

>> No.18602182

>>18601204
my gf does, constantly. if she buys something and its $9.99, she'll say its $9. and then when I say its $10, she claims it was on sale

>> No.18602244

the dudes that call you stupid for falling for such tricks are the ones that always end up falling for them. the hueristic lizard brain is strong

>> No.18602400

Gas station prices always having the 9/10 at the end is amusing to notice sometimes

>> No.18602611

Imagine being so poor you can't buy what you want

Imagine being so poor you waste money on stupid shit

>> No.18603933

>>18601270
>People are idiots.
Knowing about cognitive biases does not prevent you from falling for them. If you think you are unaffected you are the real retard.

>> No.18604288

>>18601204
No because it makes more sense to round up not down. Then factor in sales tax and it goes even higher. Then psychologically you see it jumped up a whole number amount and the price seems less attractive. Plus it isn't a clean rounded number.

>> No.18604377

>>18601399
checked

>> No.18604434

>>18601397
Not if you don’t have pennies

>> No.18604449

>>18602611
Do you post on /pol/?

>> No.18604549

yes it works, also having an artificially high price and then slashing a load off also works really well.

In short you would think people are 'smarter than that' but we really aren't, it's hard wired within us all.

>> No.18604574

on average yes, it's probably significant