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[[File:billy-mays-nineteen-ninety-five-dollar-bill 6031.jpg|frame|[[Billy Mays]] would like to make you an offer.]] |
[[File:billy-mays-nineteen-ninety-five-dollar-bill 6031.jpg|frame|[[Billy Mays]] would like to make you an offer.]] |
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{{quote|"''Have you ever noticed how things cost...seven dollars and ninety-nine cents? Fourteen dollars ''and'' ninety-nine cents? ''Ninety-nine'' dollars ''and'' ninety-nine cents?''" |
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|'''Steve Rhoades''', ''[[Married... with Children]]''}} |
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When the screaming infomercial finally reaches the point of telling you the price you can be sure that price won't be a round number. Nothing will be sold for $10.00, $50.00 or $100.00. Every price will end with .95, .98 or .99. |
When the screaming infomercial finally reaches the point of telling you the price you can be sure that price won't be a round number. Nothing will be sold for $10.00, $50.00 or $100.00. Every price will end with .95, .98 or .99. |
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This thinking is often carried over to large-ticket items, like cars, at least in the US—nobody cares about a few cents when they're buying a car and the price will have to be haggled to something reasonable in any case, but the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) in dollars will end in 7 or 5 far more often than it will end in 0. |
This thinking is often carried over to large-ticket items, like cars, at least in the US—nobody cares about a few cents when they're buying a car and the price will have to be haggled to something reasonable in any case, but the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) in dollars will end in 7 or 5 far more often than it will end in 0. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' |
* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future II]]'' featured automobile hover-conversions, "only thirty-nine, nine ninety-nine, ninety-five!" ($39,999.95) |
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* In ''[[Clerks]]'', Dante remarks that all prices end in 0.99. |
* In ''[[Clerks]]'', Dante remarks that all prices end in 0.99. |
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** And yet in the background, all the prices end with the number five. |
** And yet in the background, all the prices end with the number five. |
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* Present right in the title of the animated film ''[[$9.99]]''. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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=== Asia === |
=== Asia === |
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* In Japan, most prices end with 80. As in, it's not 1,000 yen, it's 980. This is probably because the number 8 is considered lucky in Japanese culture, while 9 and [[Four Is Death|4]] are considered unlucky. The reason it's not 88 yen is that 1 yen coins seem to be considered an inconvenient hassle, and many vending machines won't even accept them. |
* In Japan, most prices end with 80. As in, it's not 1,000 yen, it's 980. This is probably because the number 8 is considered lucky in Japanese culture, while 9 and [[Four Is Death|4]] are considered unlucky. The reason it's not 88 yen is that 1 yen coins seem to be considered an inconvenient hassle, and many vending machines won't even accept them. |