The fuel taxes are in tenths of a cent, but a quick look at the table provided in the Wikipedia article indicates that most of these do not end in 0.9 cent. If the fuel taxes were added to even-cent gasoline prices we would see all kinds of tenths-of-a-cent endings. But they don't do that - all the prices end in 0.9 cent.
It's pure marketeering. The same reason why you see a TV advertised as $499.99 and not $500.00. It's a psychological marketeering technique to make you somehow subliminally think the price is lower. It makes no sense as the price keeps going up but the marketers keep doing it because they think it works. Extreme example a while ago in my local Costco: They had a piano event. One of the pianos was a Steinway grand piano. The price was $52,799.99. Really. Carleton ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 10:37:04 PM Subject: [USMA:50342] RE: U.S. gasoline prices I really wish some of you BSer would shout your pie hole and do not speak unless you have facts, YES Taxes do have a percentage of a cent in them, Ametrica you are freaken NONSENSE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr Erie PA Linux and Metric User and Enforcer I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar energy have you collected today? Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑ On Apr 11, 2011, Ametrica <[email protected]> wrote: Absolute nonsense! Prices in mils (0.001 $) is a gimmick to make a product appear cheaper. A product advertized as 0.999 $ appears cheaper than 1.00 $, even though it is the same thing. Taxes have absolutely nothing to do with it. BTW, gasoline went up in price again today by me. It is now 103.0 $/L I don't have a problem with the gasoline increasing in price, but I wish the government would increase the gas tax to international levels to raise money for road repairs. Our roads are severely damaged and often you have to drive zig-zag to avoid all of the deep pot holes. The Chinese aren't buying the bonds to bring in cash for road repair, so the roads are going unfixed. [USMA:50331] RE: U.S. gasoline prices [email protected] Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:50:31 -0700 The tenth of a cent deal is due to you taxes Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr Erie PA
