Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:35 pm
Also, on adverts they can say 'Just for under $20,000!' when it's only $19.99.
Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:35 pm
Hyperion wrote:I've always thought it's for pyschological manipulation... to a very insigificant extent. $55 sounds better than $56, regardless of the other digits after the dot, I suppose.
Yeah, I guess that's what it is. It's like Walmart. 12 cents and they think it's a bargain.
Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:03 am
KillerRay wrote:Asparagus Queen wrote:Right. So how is it easier to steal money if it's a nice even number? Either way the cashier has to ring up the transaction. Are you saying that if it's an even number, the cashier doesn't ring up the transaction?
If its an even number. I think the cashier can just use a calculator and fake that the thing is broken and the customer hands him the bill and he puts it in his pocket :p
Well, this has been going on since long before electronic cash registers and calculators. It might not make as much sense now, but you didn't really have to open the cash register for every transaction in 1890.
