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[–] rhacer@lemmy.world 167 points 3 days ago (22 children)

But it IS how we see prices. If there weren't science behind it, they wouldn't be doing it.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 86 points 3 days ago (14 children)

A lot of marketing strategies are pseudoscience. Just like a lot police investigation practices or body language assumptions.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some marketing strategies are pseudoscience, but this one isn't.

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone in the thread have actual info to back this up?

[–] SuperEars@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This doesn't meet the bar you want, but my marketing professor called the .99 idea the single greatest thing to come out of marketing in a century.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Sounds about right.

Marketing hasn't done anything positive for humanity. It is all just to manipulate people into buying shit they don't need. It is the main driver for the overconsumption.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You should be able to find various tests and studies of this phenomenon on Google

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] criitz@reddthat.com 0 points 2 days ago

It's a yes but find it yourself

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