Today's Pet Peeve
 

THIS IS NOT DIRECTED TO ANYONE IN PARTICULAR

Say you want to sell something of "considerable value", lets say more than 20,000 dollars. Adding that "$500" on the price makes you a petty douchebag

(This would be an example I have fabricated): "For the low, low price of $69,500!" Saying it as "69, 5" makes it that much worse.

.... and I'm probably a petty douchebag for bitching about it. Nevermind.

The 999 thing is most evil. 1999, 10,999, whatever. Make it 2000 or 11,000 simple math.

The crazy thing is one almost has to inflate the price because nobody feels good buying unless they can beat you down some. "Pawn Stars Syndrome". I would just look at the 500 as that, survival move.

In the days of haggling, I kind of look at that as the burn off... They really want 19k. In cars and parts everything is negotiable. I've never had anyone offer over asking price!

I usually end things in $500.

It helps place whatever I'm selling in the price bracket I want to be in. Same deal when ending a price in $999. It keeps your item under most peoples max price when searching.

I would just offer 64,500 and wait for the look :(

If that bugs you, how about the nine tenths of a penny on a gallon of gas? Probably back in the twenty's when gas was nine or ten cents a gallon it made it sound cheaper. When you know you are paying $4.00 a gallon selling it for $3.99.9 just sounds stupid.

I love it when I'm selling something for say in round figures, $100.

So they then ask "give me a better price". I ALWAYS INCREASE the price to say $120. You get a stunned look and they then say "You told me $100"

I reply yes, but you asked for a better price. $120 is better for ME. And depending on how they react, I often add that if you are unhappy with $120, we go UP. I tell them I gave you a price for what I want. I'm not here to play games, either pay the $100 or I know you are not interested. Move on.

And it works every time... They pay the $100.

Ian:ausflag::ausflag::ausflag:

I agree completely
the 9/10 should have been dropped a long time ago after it went over $1.00 a gallon


69,999 is a bad asking price
61,900 is a good asking price
you're going to get offered 60,000 either way

To me that falls in line with the 1 of 2 RA XII intake manifold for sale at 12K, with a $50 shipping fee. And don't offend the seller by asking him to cover shipping!

3.14159265359 Always seemed kinda petty to me. I mean really. 😁

I remember reading one time Walmart uses .97 and not .99 at the end of prices that somehow it changes how the consumer looks at it and feels better with price 2¢ go figure.

I just bought an '81 Trans Am a couple days ago. Guy was asking $11,500... I paid $9,250... That should twist you up some... :D


All the cars on my car lot are $xx95

I'll give you five Shekels for that shrubbery.

It's all about marketing. Like Hank said about the .9 cent/gallon. Back when I was pumping gas, I asked the boss why not just $0.36 instead of $0.359 (yes I'm that old)? He said they'll drive on by to save that 10 or 15 cents.
With higher priced items, that $500 may show room for negotiation.

The one that irks me is free shipping on $100.00. No matter what you want in any configuration, it comes out to $99.50!

Three, and not a shekel more!

A lot of ads also go $1 or $5 below the next thousand trying to make it sound like it's a thousand cheaper.
19,999. (or 19,995) vs 20,000.

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I sold my 99 Corvette recently. I advertised it for $11k late last year. Then the used car market spiked due to the new car chip shortage (or whatever the current excuse is).

The KBB estimate went up about $2000, I left the price at $11k.

You should have seen the hagglers and used car dealers/go between/etc.

"But you can't expect to get your full asking price!"

"Nope, I expect to do better now that the KBB estimate went up $2000."

A guy from Scottsdale came up and bought it three months ago because he had two defective 2021 C8 Corvettes in a row, took them back, left a deposit for #3. Then he came up to my new place and handed me a cashier's check.

I asked him why he wasn't "haggling"?

He told me he'd seen my ad for months, knew I'd done all the fixes to the C5 and he just needed to feel his butt in a Corvette seat again before he went mad. He thought my price was low.

Kind of hard to argue when the guy has a full price offer, so off it went.

But it was $11k, no fractional dollar crap. I hate that, too.