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Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


before ww2 it is a well known fact that all german companies priced everyone single one oftheir products at 14.88 in the local currency. stay woke people

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


FactsAreUseless posted:

I have pictures of 14.88-priced Walmart goods going back to before the election, it's just a thing they do for some reason*.


*the reason is Nazis

The only other explanation I can think of that's remotely plausible is that 0.88 catches people's eye better than .99 does after we all became desensitized to it and it's some marketing intern's brilliant brain baby to boost sales

That doesn't explain why 14 dollars so frequently comes up, though. I see 14 much more often than 19.88 or 9.88 when I go to Walmart.

It's Nazis

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

on tv just now lol




I used to work Walmart and 14.88 was one of the more common rollback prices.

They did a lot of .88 instead of .99 for some reason.

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

FactsAreUseless posted:

I have pictures of 14.88-priced Walmart goods going back to before the election, it's just a thing they do for some reason*.


*the reason is Nazis

wall ackshually they end prices in like .88 and .64 because they did a bunch of focus group work and found out that the psychological effect of rounding the price varied (and therefore the item's demand elasticity did as well), so they found some numbers that threaded that needle.

and also they are Nazis.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Bert Roberge posted:

I used to work Walmart and 14.88 was one of the more common rollback prices.

They did a lot of .88 instead of .99 for some reason.
Pretty sure it's just a branding strategy.

helta
Jun 16, 2018

going back to my roots

Nonsense posted:

Walmart prices Crockpots at 14.88

Slow and steady.....

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

LegoMan posted:

Keep on trumpin thread

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

Al! posted:

also ike initiated the federal highway system, which has doomed us all

he only did that to break the monopoly the rail companies had on moving large amounts of military material. prior to that the owners of those companies could have prevented the US military from properly mobilizing if they disagreed with the president politically

tacodaemon
Nov 27, 2006



lol poo poo that really was a QAnon patch that cop was wearing with Pence; I'd figured it was just some unrelated uniform patch like maybe he worked at Precinct Q or something


Log082
Nov 8, 2008


Leviathan posted:

lol that nixon is outraged at someone else's behavior

nah. nixon is pissed at how BAD trump is as being a crook, and how he's getting away with it anyway. nixon wishes he'd had that kind of leeway

ex post facho
Oct 25, 2007

Gripweed posted:

yeah, that was it. I just had to search for song from the end of rick and morty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqtwEw8aHOM

It's called "For The Damaged Coda" by Blonde Redhead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js-XbNj6Tk

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

FactsAreUseless posted:

Pretty sure it's just a branding strategy.

No doubt there was some focus group that said they'd be more likely to buy something with .88 as the end price.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


The great thing is that, if it were actually Nazis doing this, the Nazis know exactly that what they're doing is absurd and insane so that most non-nazis who understand what you're getting at will just mock you

meanwhile the actual nazis see these numbers and nod

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Bert Roberge posted:

I used to work Walmart and 14.88 was one of the more common rollback prices.

They did a lot of .88 instead of .99 for some reason.

.50 BRANDED soda

Bearjew
Apr 18, 2017



truep

2DCAT
Jun 25, 2015

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Gravy Boat 2k

Do one but of him making GBS threads his pants

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


tacodaemon posted:

lol poo poo that really was a QAnon patch that cop was wearing with Pence; I'd figured it was just some unrelated uniform patch like maybe he worked at Precinct Q or something




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RLuXbmqNHQ

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003


This one is so much worse and somehow so much better.

Scary!
Oct 22, 2012

by Nyc_Tattoo

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Spergin Morlock posted:

he only did that to break the monopoly the rail companies had on moving large amounts of military material. prior to that the owners of those companies could have prevented the US military from properly mobilizing if they disagreed with the president politically

that makes it even worse!!!!!!

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


what how could you possibly think the OK hand means fascism? how silly, look at this paranoid idiot lol. we're just using the OK hand because it riles up the libs.

*flashes OK hand to passing skinhead*

Calibanibal
Aug 25, 2015

Question the Narrativists: Is Prester Jane Q? Calibanibal Investigates

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Rocks
Dec 30, 2011


lmao i'm pretty sure my hard-right racist japanese rear end in a top hat neighbor already owns this shirt

Bearjew
Apr 18, 2017



twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author


Ghost sheet costumes are hitler% off this week only

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?
im so hyped for g20 i bet trump is gonna have an epic press conference

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007


would rock this when crusin my 'burb

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



Rocks posted:

lmao i'm pretty sure my hard-right racist japanese rear end in a top hat neighbor already owns this shirt

あぁ、こんにちは

Nichael
Mar 30, 2011


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1068491952696557575

imagine being nieto and spending your last day and a half as president with doandl;g truj,.p

:owned:

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

2DCAT posted:

Do one but of him making GBS threads his pants

https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1068242764830253056

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Shalebridge Cradle
Apr 23, 2008



the worst loving slogan

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

Nonsense posted:

would rock this when crusin my 'burb

Might as well TRUMP!

Plank Walker
Aug 11, 2005

tacodaemon posted:

lol poo poo that really was a QAnon patch that cop was wearing with Pence; I'd figured it was just some unrelated uniform patch like maybe he worked at Precinct Q or something




that's not a patch it's a military tactical 3" circle

jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

i remember when a can of coke was 35 cents

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003


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jarofpiss
May 16, 2009

now it's like 5 dollars or something

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