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minus-squaresweatersocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agowalmart always prices shit at $14.88 and its just suspicious to me has anyone else noticed this? its been consistent at least that ive noticed all over the atlanta area
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoI thought they stopped that after someone pointed it out?
minus-squaresweatersocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 hours agolol nope, i saw it as recently as saturday i guess at least if someone’s pointing it out tho it means more people noticed it
minus-squareShaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoNah yeah its like that everywhere. At first it seemed sales tax thing to make the price an even $16 or something but at 8% it comes out to 16.07 so its… genuinely suspicious.
minus-squarestink@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoIIRC it’s how most stores label things. This is Costco’s formula:
walmart always prices shit at $14.88 and its just suspicious to me
has anyone else noticed this? its been consistent at least that ive noticed all over the atlanta area
I thought they stopped that after someone pointed it out?
lol nope, i saw it as recently as saturday
i guess at least if someone’s pointing it out tho it means more people noticed it
Nah yeah its like that everywhere. At first it seemed sales tax thing to make the price an even $16 or something but at 8% it comes out to 16.07 so its… genuinely suspicious.
IIRC it’s how most stores label things.
This is Costco’s formula: