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People suck at math and this is how they confuse people into not caring what the actual price becomes when they have to add multiple items together.
What’s 19.99 + 21.75 + 4.99 + 3.99 + 1.99? Can the common person do that math in their head while grocery shopping? What about adding the tax to that total? Not a chance.
Most people probably don’t even know what the sales tax is in their own state.
Most people dont just round up after seeing the price?
No, most people just give up after seeing the price.
All the people i saw either rounded up or rounded down by mistake and then rounding up