Steve -
No, rather I think he is making a plain and simple observation about how
pricing
items at the 99 cent boundary is a basic technique for persuading people
that
$4.99 is a better price than $5
my 2 cents
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Mann
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:18 PM
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Subject: Re: a question to shareware authors
>The reason many people feel this practice is unscrupulous is because it
>is a manner of manipulation of the buyer. Let's take, for example, an
>item that is $49.99. The average buyer will think this is a better deal
>than $50 even though there is such a minimal difference that you could
>say that the prices are pretty much the same.
You're assuming that the average buyer is a moron that doesn't notice
that $49.99 is the same as $50. Seems like you don't give your buyers
much credit.
Regards,
Steve Mann
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