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  1. Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!leafusa!hal
  3. From: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
  4. Subject: Re: Even Money
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul23.141216.2422@HQ.Ileaf.COM>
  6. Followup-To: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
  7. Summary: Hidden functionality
  8. Keywords: retail pricing functionality
  9. Sender: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
  10. Reply-To: hal@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Hal Wadleigh)
  11. Organization: Interleaf, Inc.
  12. References: <!#dm9jr.dani@netcom.com> <70272@apple.Apple.COM> <14gf82INNmf2@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Jul22.032821.12881@u.washington.edu>
  13. Distribution: all
  14. Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 14:12:16 GMT
  15. Expires: 8/23/92
  16. Lines: 11
  17.  
  18. Most large retail outlets use the "odd" numbers in a functional way.  Example:
  19. 9 = Normal price
  20. 8 = Advertized special
  21. 7 = Unadvertized special
  22. 6 = Floor sample reduced price
  23. 5 = Non-returnable closeout price
  24. The book you normally buy for $4.99 might go on a special sale for $3.48 if
  25. there's an ad, or for $3.47 if it's just marked down on the shelves.  If you
  26. try to return a VCR that you bought for $149.95, the receipt shows that you
  27. made the purchase on a non-refundable basis.
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