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		sejje on Oct 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Penny Saved: Psychological Pricing I'm not sure. I also do this, but maybe something is happening, even to us, subconsciously. Maybe the effect goes away if we walk away and remember the price as $80, though.

Semaphor on Oct 19, 2013 [–]

I think one effect might be that when you don't look to closely at something, and later remember the price being just what's before the decimal separator.

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