oooohhh, plz not again so much WOMBAT on this page, I had to puke!
bye Bill Potts wrote: > I just did a Google search with the following argument: 9/10 gasoline > pricing. > > One of the hits, > http://www.users.qwest.net/~taaaz/AZgas.html#A%20LITTLE%20HISTORY, is > a very interesting discussion of this and many other aspects of > gasoline pricing and dispensing. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 09:40 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: Re: [USMA:26457] RE: Fuel in the US >> >> >> Thanks Bill, but if I remember right there were specific reasons for >> it related to taxes or something of the sort. It's definately a >> legacy thing completely unrelated to the (very annoying) habit of >> labelling >> everything in >> retail X.99. >> >> There's supposedly a real reason for it, which is what I'm curious >> about. Anyone know? >> >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ----------- >> From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:34:49 -0700 >> Subject: [USMA:26457] RE: Fuel in the US >> >>> Brian White wrote: >>>> Speaking of that...does anyone know what the whole 9/10ths >> thing is about >>>> with fuel prices in the US? >>> >>> It's what I've always called the department store pricing syndrome. >>> >>> A department store will price something at $99.98 or $99.99, leading >>> many people (including my wife) to think of the price as being "not >>> much more than $90." >>> >>> If a competitor priced the same item at $100.00, and it was >>> something I needed, I would buy from the competitor in appreciation >>> of their honesty -- and I would let them know that. (Although if >>> another competitor offered the same item for, say, $85.00 [or even >>> $84.99], I'd do the rational thing and buy from them.) >>> >>> Gas stations are, of course, selling to the same people as the >>> department stores. >>> >>> Bill Potts, CMS >>> Roseville, CA >>> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> ------- End of Original Message -------
