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    Price Psychology Entry #0351

    Why nine at the end of a price still works

    Prices ending in nine still outsell round neighbours, and the reason is not that shoppers are fooled about the total but how the number is read.

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    The hidden part #0351

    A price is read left to right and encoded before it is finished, so the first digit does most of the work.

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