mrmadmanx Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Why are a lot of Shoprite's products rounded up to the nearest pound? Lots of price tags saying Only £1 or only £2 and so on and so forth, do I take it there is nothing for 80p or 92p these days or is it easier to round it up to the nearest pound? Therefore are we paying more? #justsayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Shopping for morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 but are they rounded up or down to £1 or £2 ? why are you assuming they can only be rounded up ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 but are they rounded up or down to £1 or £2 ? why are you assuming they can only be rounded up ? Because it's shoprite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Shops don't take the hit on price promotions, the little guy does. If they are selling for a pound, and it has a 40p markup, the shop still gets it's 40p, regardless of what they sell it at. They just shaft the supplier further down the food chain - or tell them they won't use them again. Rounding down also makes it look like you got a bargain, so you buy 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They can afford to lower prices because they will be getting all the £25 parking fines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhumsaa Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 It's nice to know that even so late in the year we can hit new lows for things to moan about I blame Allan Bell and his cronies for rounding to the nearest pound in Shoprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The idiocy of £0.99p instead of £1.00 has gone on for long enough. How many people are actually fooled into looking at £199.99 and thinking it's £199.00? So although the topic isn't very important, IMO it's time to lose the penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 It's nice to know that even so late in the year we can hit new lows for things to moan about I blame Allan Bell and his cronies for rounding to the nearest pound in Shoprite bloated rounding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The idiocy of £0.99p instead of £1.00 has gone on for long enough. How many people are actually fooled into looking at £199.99 and thinking it's £199.00? So although the topic isn't very important, IMO it's time to lose the penny. Partly I agree, but on the other hand if you buy say, 30 things a week in a supermarket, that's £15.60 a year difference if we round up to the full £. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They can afford to lower prices because they will be getting all the £25 parking fines. I can see that working out really well for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The idiocy of £0.99p instead of £1.00 has gone on for long enough. How many people are actually fooled into looking at £199.99 and thinking it's £199.00? So although the topic isn't very important, IMO it's time to lose the penny. The odd penny forces till operators to ring up a sale and open tbr till Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The idiocy of £0.99p instead of £1.00 has gone on for long enough. How many people are actually fooled into looking at £199.99 and thinking it's £199.00? So although the topic isn't very important, IMO it's time to lose the penny. Partly I agree, but on the other hand if you buy say, 30 things a week in a supermarket, that's £15.60 a year difference if we round up to the full £. £16 surely ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Didn't Australia abolish the 1 cent coin years ago? I think their smallest coin is a 5 cent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Shops don't take the hit on price promotions, the little guy does. If they are selling for a pound, and it has a 40p markup, the shop still gets it's 40p, regardless of what they sell it at. They just shaft the supplier further down the food chain - or tell them they won't use them again. Rounding down also makes it look like you got a bargain, so you buy 2. If you think there is 40p in the pound profit in a supermarket you clearly never ran one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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