• cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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        5 hours ago

        I’m Canadian, so I instinctively just round 5 bucks up to 8 bucks instead (adding exchange and tax)

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
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      7 hours ago

      no, completely valid, but pricing is a psychological question rather than a math question for some.

      reason for example products are priced with X.99

      some people se it as cost X amount, others (like youself) see it as X+1 amount. the 0.99 is the extreme end of the psychology and choosing 8 in the case of peak increases number of people who dont see it at the higher price

    • StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      Nah. But I think the difference in this specific case is that if you’re already kinda wanting to buy something and it’s 8 dollars, you might convince yourself that it’s basically just 5 dollars to justify the purchase.