POLL: explain your answer please...is 255 close to 300?

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Jzero

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It's marketing logic!
251 feet = "NEARLY 300 FEET!"
249.5 feet = "OVER 249 FEET!"
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Jzero
It's marketing logic!
251 feet = "NEARLY 300 FEET!"
249.5 feet = "OVER 249 FEET!"

Yep, that's marketing measurement for ya! It's the same logic that prices gasoline at $1.79 and 9/10 cents a gallon instead of a $1.80, and why a car with a base model price of $19,995 before tax or shipping is advertised as "starting under $20,000!" :frown: