ChatterBank1 min ago
Does nobody say "Pounds" any more?
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It gets on my wicket that DFS and PC world and the like say that something only costs 'four nine nine' or is down to 'three nine nine'.
Do we not have a currently any more, then?
Surely it's �499 or �399?
It just seems to be these sort of adverts/shops that do it...
Thoughts?
Do we not have a currently any more, then?
Surely it's �499 or �399?
It just seems to be these sort of adverts/shops that do it...
Thoughts?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I was going to disagree with you on the grounds that you can tell what they mean... and then I thought, erm, well, yes, you're quite right. I don't know of anyone in real life who talks like that. Maybe they're trying to be young and hip or something? Not that I know any kids who talk like that either.
Yes, Sebtred, you're right of course...
Jus that it makes me sigh that it's somehow deemed as OK to do that sort of thing and that it doesn't sound odd...
What next?
Just "This sofa is five" rather than �500?
If they didn't try to trick us with their "499 is so much less than 500" in the first place then they wouldn't be having to say all the extra syllables in the first bloomin' place...
Oh Grrrr!
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Jus that it makes me sigh that it's somehow deemed as OK to do that sort of thing and that it doesn't sound odd...
What next?
Just "This sofa is five" rather than �500?
If they didn't try to trick us with their "499 is so much less than 500" in the first place then they wouldn't be having to say all the extra syllables in the first bloomin' place...
Oh Grrrr!
221b
It really really annoys me. No hundreds and no actual pounds. Makes me want to go in with a bag of jellybeans and count them out. 5 9 9 that's twenty three then.
I'll avoid these sofa retailers. Some consultants or marketing survey will have been used to prove how effective this is and how stupid the public are. Sadly they may be right, I believe the evidence proves conclusively that the 99p tactic works well.
I'll avoid these sofa retailers. Some consultants or marketing survey will have been used to prove how effective this is and how stupid the public are. Sadly they may be right, I believe the evidence proves conclusively that the 99p tactic works well.
Barry Scott is fictional, so no, not famous before the Cilit Bang adverts!
There seems to be some confusion about why things are sold for �x.99 or �x99. Traditionally, it wasn't to hoodwink the public into thinking it was cheaper than it was, but to ensure the salesperson had to go into the till to get the change, thus ensuring transactions were recorded correctly.
There seems to be some confusion about why things are sold for �x.99 or �x99. Traditionally, it wasn't to hoodwink the public into thinking it was cheaper than it was, but to ensure the salesperson had to go into the till to get the change, thus ensuring transactions were recorded correctly.