posted on August 29, 2002 02:21:15 PM new
Here is the question....You have an auction end and the total cost w/shipping is one penny over an even amount. IE, $10.01, $15.01 ect ect ect. Do you blow off the penny and use the even amount or does that make you look like you cannot add correctly? I would love to knock the one or two cents off these totals but I am afraid it will look unprofessional.
posted on August 29, 2002 02:25:17 PM new
LIKE IF IT'S $9.56? I JUST KNOCK OFF THE .6 THEY FEEL THEY GOT A DISCOUNT. AND NO HAS "EVER" SAID I WAS WRONG.
posted on August 29, 2002 02:32:27 PM new
It is a dilemma, but this is what I do (and it may not be the best way).
If it's just an odd amount (15.81), I just leave it.
But if it is 15.01, or 26.03 - something like that - I state the correct total, and then in parantheses I add "feel free to 'round down' to 15.00 even". Some do, but more don't.
But I don't use any sort of invoicing program or software, so it might not work for those who do.
I have also just knocked a penny (or 3 cents or whatever) off the shipping before I total - instead of 18.16 plus plus 3.85 shipping, I have put 18.16 plus 3.84 shipping. It seems buyers only notice if you "overcharge".
posted on August 29, 2002 02:49:11 PM new
TRAI,,,,,,,I DISAGREE,,,,,AND WHEN I WENT TO LAS VEGAS WHAT 3 MONTHS AGO? I TOOK A BACK PACK FULL,,,,,,HAHAHAHA, WAIT!!!! I JUST WEIGHED IT!!! 40 POUNDS!!!! ALL DENOMINATIONS OF COINS. VEGAS WOULD NOT RUN MY COINS AS THERE WERE PENNIES MIXED IN.
I AM THROWING ALL PENNIES INTO THE STREET FOR THOSE GUYS WHO WILL WORK FOR FOOD.(THEN DRIVE AWAY IN A PORCHE).
I WILL TAKE THEM TO THE LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE. THEY HAVE A MACHINE THERE AND THEY TAKE 6% NOT LIKE THE COIN STARS IN THE GROC. STORE, I THINK AS MUCH AS 10% AND THE SIX % GOES TO AIR FORCE RELIEF PROGRAMS. THE LAST TIME I DID IT,,,,,,,$900.00!!!!! YES!!!!
I TOOK IT TO VEGAS AS I WAS GREEDY,,,,HAHAHA. ALL I GOT FOR MY TROUBLE THERE WAS A BAD BACK LUGGING THEM ALL OVER LAS VEGAS TO HEAR, SORRY, NO CAN DO. BUT ONE GUY PUT IT THIS WAY,,,,,,,I WENT HOME FROM VEGAS A WINNER. I STILL HAD ALL MY MONEY. HAHAHA. NO ONE WANTS IT. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT????? PENNIES,,,,,,THEY ONLY BELONG IN A SONG.
posted on August 29, 2002 03:07:14 PM new
I JUST THROW THE STUFF IN A CAN ONE YEAR LATER,,,,,,$900.00. I HEARD A VERY GOOD FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON T.V. ONCE SAY NEVER SPEND YOUR CHANGE. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF A YEAR. SWAP MEETS ARE .25 .50 .75 BUST THEM DOLLARS UP OVER WEEKS PERIOD.
posted on August 29, 2002 04:09:25 PM new
<shakes head> You guys are always coming up with new ways to cheat yourselves. It's amazing.
We use our proprietary invoicing software and it doesn't care about odd amounts. I do care about odd amounts only in the sense that occasionally the only way I can identify a payment is by the amount. Odd numbers are good.
posted on August 29, 2002 04:46:50 PM new
Why on earth wouldn't you charge the exact amount? The only people who mail dollar bills as payment (for the most part) are people in the radical anti-income tax movement and survivalists. I don't see where the issue is here.
posted on August 29, 2002 04:51:07 PM new
PEL,,,,UNLESS YOU SELL LOT OF STUFF TO THE JAPANESE. THEY SEND,,,,,REAL!!!! CASH! DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE MORE AMERICAN DOLLARS IN JAPAN THAN THERE ARE IN AMERICA? YES THERE IS.
posted on August 29, 2002 06:43:58 PM new
To H##@ with the penny. JACK, I save all,of my silver colored coins & go to Laughlin. Use them to play Video Poker for free drinks. Well, They aren't really free as I never win. But I have fun while drinking Absolute on the rocks. This is after 16 hrs. of Stud Poker. AH YES AIN'T LIFE FUN????
posted on August 29, 2002 06:52:57 PM new
LAUGHLIN,,,,,,,,VEGAS BABY, VEGAS, YOU KNOW TELLY WAS ON THE BEACHES OF OMAHA,,,JUNE6,1944 AND SO WAS DON RICKLES...I GET A CHILL,,,,TWO GREAT GUYS...I SAW A DOC. ON THEM ONCE, THE BEACHES ARE OFF LIMITS TO THIS DAY,,,,EXPLOSIVES ARE LIVE AND EVERYWHERE,,,THEY SAY OUT OF HONOR FOR THE DEAD,,,,BUT STEP ON THE BEACH AND YOU MAY WELL JOIN THEM.
posted on August 29, 2002 08:50:04 PM new
One of the few places on earth where you can drive in with a fifty thousand dollar car and go home in a million dollar greyhound bus.
