I usually round up prices like 4,99 to 5 in my head, but I met many people IRL who would only remember the base of the price with no cents if it wasn't rounded up for them. They would remember 4,99 as 4, and then be confused why they only got 1 cent of change. I guess this is the kind of people who is the target audience of this practice. It seems cheaper to them than it really is because they are cent blind 😆

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is what happens when we don't put these manipulator shitheads in their place. If we'd occasionally make a scene that's "WTF THIS SAID 4$ FUCK YOU AND YOUR HORSE" They'd eventually rethink trying to hack our brain all the time with their little bullshit tactics, flashing lights and artificial smells. These little money goblins really get on my damn nerves.

[–] Ypsilenna@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I agree. These people's entire business model is frying your brain for profit, and then people wonder why everyone is so oversaturated lately. I always wished we could just officially round prices up instead of doing the *.99$ bullshit because no matter where I go, store workers are almost always low on 1 cent coins, and then they have to either hope that the customer has spare cents on them to balance it out or that the customer will just skip getting the 1c change. I worked in a shop for several months once and this was one of the most stressful things at handling money, because not every customer would be fine with it. Some of them would be so petty that they would stand in the middle and scream because "they want their money", and I would physically have nothing to give them because every single transaction made would just dry out all my small coins. When I was a teenager, my parents had their own shop and I was usually collecting all the stray small coins and give them to my mom to make her work easier. I feel like this "trick" makes everything more complicated for everyone.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my experience they often just don't give you the cent and nobody bats an eye. Idk maybe it's because I live in a country that doesn't have as much poverty as the US.

[–] Ypsilenna@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

I also don't live in the US, and the people who cause such drama usually don't even seem to need it. They just say that it's "their money, and they have to get it".