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26-07-2021, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,981
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Astronovice
Nothing is ever twice any more, always “two times” grrrr.
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Even less used would be "thrice" for 3x
Best
JA
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26-07-2021, 02:35 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,059
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A little bit off the topic at hand ,but how about....
When you go shopping and you pick an article to buy and it say's $4.99 ....
Oh dear look, that's cheap only $4.99
no it's not ...it's $5.00 at the checkout
They think we are ' simple ' because we see the 4 .... some sort of retail gimmick to play on the masses.
Where's my 1c change
Edit ... why don't they just mark the price as $5.00 and be done with it.
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26-07-2021, 03:27 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,951
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlashDrive
A little bit off the topic at hand ,but how about....
When you go shopping and you pick an article to buy and it say's $4.99 ....
Oh dear look, that's cheap only $4.99
no it's not ...it's $5.00 at the checkout
They think we are ' simple ' because we see the 4 .... some sort of retail gimmick to play on the masses.
Where's my 1c change
Edit ... why don't they just mark the price as $5.00 and be done with it.
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Maybe the CEO transfers all the one cents to and account and distributes with his group. The shop gets their $4-99 so those figures add up so even a decent audit must conclude nothing to see here...
And if someone is in charge of a major shopping complex and he is not onto that would you want a mug like that heading the company.
I had a young chap working for me who's father was a publican..the subject came up ( many years ago now) as to what one would pay a manager of your pub...he said "You pay him about $250 week but if he cant sting you for another $100 he is not worth employing"
Alex
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26-07-2021, 04:37 PM
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No. I am a meat popsicle.
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Townsville
Posts: 599
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"safe space"
"my bad" - In the context of being said after doing something that is bad, but they aren't sorry.
"Just sayin" - I welcome clarification on that one. It presents to me as a example where someone wants to say something, but doesn't want to own the consequences of saying it. What's the deal?
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26-07-2021, 06:03 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: margaret river, western australia
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Alex, The $4.99 example you quoted is standard practice in retail. Extensive
research found that more of any given article marked at $4.99 for example,
will sell, compared to the same article marked at $5.00. To people that buy
on impulse $4.99 does indeed sound cheaper.
raymo
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26-07-2021, 07:26 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by raymo
Alex, The $4.99 example you quoted is standard practice in retail. Extensive
research found that more of any given article marked at $4.99 for example,
will sell, compared to the same article marked at $5.00. To people that buy
on impulse $4.99 does indeed sound cheaper.
raymo
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Spot on Raymo .....!!
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26-07-2021, 09:52 PM
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Drifting from the pole
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JA
Even less used would be "thrice" for 3x
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Crikey JA, prolly haven’t heard that since primary school
Which brings me to another annoyance… we use 2x … 3x … meaning two times … three times…
What bugs me is when folk say two ex … three ex…
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26-07-2021, 11:33 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,951
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Quote:
Originally Posted by raymo
Alex, The $4.99 example you quoted is standard practice in retail. Extensive
research found that more of any given article marked at $4.99 for example,
will sell, compared to the same article marked at $5.00. To people that buy
on impulse $4.99 does indeed sound cheaper.
raymo
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Are the buying public really that silly? I find that fifficult to accept
Alex
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26-07-2021, 11:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: margaret river, western australia
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Look at it this way Alex. if, for a figure plucked out of the sky, say 2% of
shoppers are sucked in, that's 2% more items sold. If all your goods are marked in this way you've increased your revenue by doing virtually nothing.
If you are a large company such as Woolies or Coles, 2% of your annual revenue is a very large amount of money.
raymo
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27-07-2021, 12:17 AM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,951
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Quote:
Originally Posted by raymo
Look at it this way Alex. if, for a figure plucked out of the sky, say 2% of
shoppers are sucked in, that's 2% more items sold. If all your goods are marked in this way you've increased your revenue by doing virtually nothing.
If you are a large company such as Woolies or Coles, 2% of your annual revenue is a very large amount of money.
raymo
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I do understand the idea Raymo ... There are lots of things employed in marketing ..we would turn on the hot plate in a house open for inspection and place a few drops of vanilla essence on it to give off a homely baking smell ...one American sales trainer advocated giving folk a very hot cup of coffee so they would need to stay longer in the house Did it work I dont know but I remember reading a lot on marketing and it was rather deep and somewhat sinister.
Alex
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27-07-2021, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Legana, Tasmania
Posts: 282
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If you pay with EFTPoS it is charged at $4.99.
Quote:
Originally Posted by raymo
Alex, The $4.99 example you quoted is standard practice in retail. Extensive
research found that more of any given article marked at $4.99 for example,
will sell, compared to the same article marked at $5.00. To people that buy
on impulse $4.99 does indeed sound cheaper.
raymo
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29-07-2021, 08:57 PM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
Posts: 3,264
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"Moving forward ",, middle management speak for I am not going to deal with the issue/problem.
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30-07-2021, 09:45 AM
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Member > 10year club
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 3,336
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Man-spreading
Ladies, you try sitting on a train (etc.) with two soft boiled eggs between your thighs and see how you go.
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30-07-2021, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Dunners Nu Zulland
Posts: 1,669
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For me, it's saying "he/she was like" instead of "he/she said".
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30-07-2021, 09:39 PM
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Drifting from the pole
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 5,433
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Allan_L
Ladies, you try sitting on a train (etc.) with two soft boiled eggs between your thighs and see how you go.
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Crikey they sag that much with maturity
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01-08-2021, 10:35 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 362
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"It is what it is". annoys the hell out of me. It brings nothing to the table, might as well not say anything at all.
If it is what it is then it obviously isnt what it isnt, is it?
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01-08-2021, 11:03 AM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,951
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That Ceasar was a great general when in fact he was firstly a murdering slave trader.
Think of how many people died under his orders and how many lives sold to slavery but the real sadness is folk just think nothing of any of the horror. Personally I find the fact we have a month named in his honour disgusting in the extreme.
Alex
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01-08-2021, 12:03 PM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,062
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
a common line they use which I absolutely loath ... "It is what it is"
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Agree. Que sera sera sounds a lot better.
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01-08-2021, 12:35 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Dunners Nu Zulland
Posts: 1,669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xelasnave
That Ceasar was a great general when in fact he was firstly a murdering slave trader.
Think of how many people died under his orders and how many lives sold to slavery but the real sadness is folk just think nothing of any of the horror. Personally I find the fact we have a month named in his honour disgusting in the extreme.
Alex
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Yes but it is the month with the crappiest weather. Not sure he would have liked that
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01-08-2021, 01:09 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,951
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N1
Yes but it is the month with the crappiest weather. Not sure he would have liked that
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He probably did not like March
Alex
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