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hockey830
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why on TV ads is the thing always 19.95$

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vinster132
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Because it's a way of saying that the product is $20

i agree it is saying it is $20 because $19.95 or $19.99 is close enough to $20. Although they add shipping and handling (around $6-8)?
Minute
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Look at Shamwow or Slapchop or oxiclean, any of those products always have commercials, well less oxiclean since Billy Mayes is dead but, It's always the same.
$19.95
4 payments with
FREE
Shipping and Handling

(And then theres always the small print like in this case,)

However there is a mandatory movement charge for moving the product from the warehouse to your area.

Minute
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Oh and I forgot, they always add,
Buy now and get another set for free!!!!!

supercoo222
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i agree everything is $19.95 but that only ticks me off if it was originally an $80 dollar value.
other infomorcials that tick me off are the "money back guarantee" when the product itself is only $6.00. whos gonna take the time to get their 6 bucks back?

ComradeGamer
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What can you get with one nickel!?

dragonball05
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Well, the original reasoning behind doing this pricing was making sure a cashier didn't just pocket the money. If they're required to give you change, then it'd be a lot harder for them to hide stealing money like that. Like, if you didn't get change, you'd just walk away, then they'd keep the money. With how easy it is to detect if a register is under how much has been sold, it's not wise for a cashier to do that, so that reasoning is moot. After that, the reasoning has singled out to what's been said before: "it makes it seem cheaper."

Blah blah blah, enough ranting about the history of something.99 or something.95. :-P

deathcharge
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to make it sound cheper

Flip74
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yea it just a way to make things seem cheaper...

kmnv
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makes them sound cheaper

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