<VV> Gas, Petrol, Benzin etc. costs (Now, rounding up.)

[J R Read_HML]

Heck....  They could just PAINT the .9. on the pump face.  This would then 
allow for double digit per gallon pricing!

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RoboMan91324 at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:56 PM
Subject: <VV> Gas, Petrol, Benzin etc. costs (Now, rounding up.)


> Jim,
>
> A number of stations have tried this and it failed for just the reason you
> state.  People ignore the right side.  People switch stations to get gas 
> at
> 3.89.9 rather than get gas at $3.90.  They have the impression that they 
> are
> saving a penny when they are only saving 1/10 of a penny.  The
> manufacturers of the gas pumps would dearly love to get rid of the "tenth" 
> spot on their
> pumps as well.
>
> Doc
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In a message dated 10/31/2009 1:56:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:50:31 -0400
>> From: Jim Houston <jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Gas, Petrol, Benzin etc. costs
>> To: keith osborne <vanman453ta at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Message-ID: <4AECA317.7050002 at cfl.rr.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Does anybody else wish they would make the gas companies list their 
>> prices
>> WITHOUT the "(point)9"??  I once read that people tend to ignore the 
>> right
>> side of a price; which is why a LOT of stuff on TV is quoted as "$19.99 -
>> people see the "19" and don't acknowledge  the price as $20, they see it 
>> as
>> $19...  Anyway, whenever I look at a gas price, I just automatically add
>> .01 to what's shown...  anybody else bothered by the (semi)false 
>> advertising
>> of gas stations??
>>
>> Jim Houston
>> '65 Corsa
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