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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3551097, member: 59737&quot;]That really doesn’t change anything I wrote. The point of saying how many items one must purchase is to show that the buyer or seller makes out when one or just a few items are purchased. Yes, the total will be rounded, but if there are only three items, and they all end in a 4, the seller gains. The 5 or 10 numbers I listed out continue their same pattern to infinity. Thus, the first few purchases represent a model for that interval. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, as to the taxes part, that actually makes things easier for the seller to hide that they’re manipulating the system is to set the pre-tax amount for every item to ensure the item ends in a 4, 8, or 9. Then, the prices will look more arbitrary, but will always benefit the seller at check out. It is very possible to exploit this system and if I were working in those corporations, it would be a recommendation I would have to increase revenue. After all, the goal of any business is to make money. </p><p><br /></p><p>My general rule of thumb for matters like this is: if you think a system can’t be exploited, you probably aren’t thinking hard enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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