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marknorton · 10/10/06, 01:14 PM

The thing that bugs me about The Classic Camera is that many of their prices end in ..9.99.

This tradition of pricing one penny below a round number comes from the days before credit cards to force the sales assistant to ring up the transaction on the cash register and make change instead of just pocketing the money...

Nowadays, it just smacks of waving a wet finger in the air to establish pricing. What will the punters wear? Which is why wild horses wouldn't take me to The Classic Camera.

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marknorton Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 11/12/02 Posts: 5,812	Re: Voigtlander lens dealers in London The thing that bugs me about The Classic Camera is that many of their prices end in ..9.99. This tradition of pricing one penny below a round number comes from the days before credit cards to force the sales assistant to ring up the transaction on the cash register and make change instead of just pocketing the money... Nowadays, it just smacks of waving a wet finger in the air to establish pricing. What will the punters wear? Which is why wild horses wouldn't take me to The Classic Camera. __________________ Mark