9's in the Price

Companies that use 9's in the price of their products are:

1. Crooks.
2. Extremely greedy crooks.
3. Trying to fool the dumbest consumers.
4. Insulting anyone smarter than a goat.
5. Lacking the guts to be honest.

Those are just thoughts that I get whenever I see a price as ludicrous as 39.99. Companies know that some people are dumb enough to see that price as 30 instead of 40, but shouldn't they be embarrassed by openly trying to con the mentally deficient by using such a trick?

I once saw a car advertised at 19,999.99. How could anybody buy from a company like that?

Let's use a positive approach and refer to a rounded off price (without the 9's) as an "honest price."  Maybe we can get a fad started.

"Honest Pricing" actually started here.  http://thanks2.us