Only 40% real apple, actually, that’s pretty high for most juices

@Marvelous TK  
“advertising system” sounds more apt to me.
 
Outside of a very small handful of very stupid people, no one looks at something that’s $99.99 and does not realize that it’s “basically $100.00”. Maybe when you’re dealing with people buying multiple piece of stuff that’s under $9.99; I have seen some people have to pause and think about it when their 5 $2.99 items come up to $16.00 with tax, but it only takes them a second to be like, “oh, wait, yeah, 3x5, not 2x5.” They did not pick up that item and think “oh its only two dollars”, they were just thrown off at the total when they didn’t account for the price rounding AND the quantity combined.

@Keith Mowz  
well, i mean, if you have a better word for it, by all means, do share

@TexasUberAlles  
I’m pretty sure that there’s a dramatically lower overlap between “people who understand what’s going on with the system” and “people who like the system” there.

@Keith Mowz  
‘‘scam’’ just doesn’t sound like the right term for something that people are both aware of and want  
okay i have some bad news about the american/canadian political process

@Marvelous TK  
“scam” just doesn’t sound like the right term for something that people are both aware of and want.

@Keith Mowz  
whether people knowingly subject themselves to it or not doesn’t make it any less of an advertising scam
 
in fact that’s part of what i was saying, they’re not going to price it at the even dollar because people like feeling that they’re getting something for cheaper than they really are
 
that’s - that’s like the entire point of part b

@Keith Mowz  
Sweet dreams are made of these.

@Marvelous TK  
‘advertising scam’
 
except as shown by JC Penny almost bankrupting themselves when they did that ‘fair and square pricing’ thing where they made everything solid dollar amounts and eliminated price markups, people do not actually want that. They like feeling like they got a deal even when they’re fully aware that a 50% off sale when everything is marked up to 200%+ of their actual cost doesn’t actually save them any money.

@Registered Anon  
that’s not going to happen for two reasons
 
a) as demonstrated in stores that have already phased out the penny and Canada, they round down to the nearest 5-cent mark to better deal with people who claim it’s all a scam to raise the prices, letting them just point and say, ‘no, you’re actually saving a few cents on each purchase, so stop byaying already’
 
b) the whole 99-cent thing is an advertising scam to make things sound cheaper by giving a lower dollar amount via knocking off a cent. they’re not gonna drop that cheaper-sounding stuff just ’cause pennies get phased out

@Keith Mowz  
Or exactly to the dollar.

@Nightweaver20xx  
They can’t be phased out soon enough. I’d love for everything to start being priced x.95 instead of x.99

@Registered Anon  
Actually I just heard that it costs $1.43 American to make a dollar in pennies. So yeah if that trend continues let’s get rid of those stupid things.

@Registered Anon  
Apparently, Canadian pennies are not copper plated zinc  
Well no wonder they were phased out, then, if you can’t even do the Coke trick with them.

@Keith Mowz  
It is a bit silly that the penny costs more than twice as much to make as it’s worth. Apparently, Canadian pennies are not copper plated zinc, but mostly copper plated steel with some nickel.

@Registered Anon  
If only we would follow suit. Pisses me off that we keep spending more than twice what the currency is worth to make coinage that literally is not worth the time and energy it takes to pick it up off the ground just because of some fucking zinc lobbyists.

@Cyborg_pony  
Oh Sweet Celestia, don’t give the woman a cleaver– she’ll kill us all!

Cleaver girl.

@Alex Vostox  
@Hoofies  
@Nightweaver20xx  
Ponies that were raised on nothing but raisins and with minimal sunlight exposure and physical activities.

@Alex Vostox  
Ponies.

@Alex Vostox  
raisins

That last panel is the sort of face that becomes a meme.

@Registered Anon
 
“and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that meddling Canada!”

@Hoofies  
Pennies? That’s how she’ll get caught. Canada doesn’t have pennies anymore.