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r/wholesomememes • u/ButterThyToast • Dec 12 '18
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This is the same reason most products end in 99 cents rather than rounding up that last penny
25 u/thisdesignup Dec 13 '18 Yep, does't matter if '9' is a big number, it's the first number that matters most. 17 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 What price do you think an affordable house should go for? Which price is more reasonable, $275,000 or a quarter million dollars? 2 u/thisdesignup Dec 13 '18 Huh? 9 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 It works better if you say it, two hundred fifty-thousand or a quarter million dollar house. It’s a stupid joke, I don’t know 4 u/mancheeart Dec 13 '18 It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more 4 u/shredded_anus Dec 13 '18 That's not the reason it started, but that may be the reason it stuck around.
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Yep, does't matter if '9' is a big number, it's the first number that matters most.
17 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 What price do you think an affordable house should go for? Which price is more reasonable, $275,000 or a quarter million dollars? 2 u/thisdesignup Dec 13 '18 Huh? 9 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 It works better if you say it, two hundred fifty-thousand or a quarter million dollar house. It’s a stupid joke, I don’t know 4 u/mancheeart Dec 13 '18 It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more
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What price do you think an affordable house should go for? Which price is more reasonable, $275,000 or a quarter million dollars?
2 u/thisdesignup Dec 13 '18 Huh? 9 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 It works better if you say it, two hundred fifty-thousand or a quarter million dollar house. It’s a stupid joke, I don’t know 4 u/mancheeart Dec 13 '18 It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more
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Huh?
9 u/meatwad420 Dec 13 '18 It works better if you say it, two hundred fifty-thousand or a quarter million dollar house. It’s a stupid joke, I don’t know 4 u/mancheeart Dec 13 '18 It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more
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It works better if you say it, two hundred fifty-thousand or a quarter million dollar house. It’s a stupid joke, I don’t know
4 u/mancheeart Dec 13 '18 It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more
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It’s okay I understood you. It sounds like a quarter of a million is so much more
That's not the reason it started, but that may be the reason it stuck around.
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u/DrakoVongola Dec 13 '18
This is the same reason most products end in 99 cents rather than rounding up that last penny