I buy most things I want from Amazon, unless my staff discount at work can get it for me cheaper. I just like waking up in the morning, going downstairs, and hey look there's my copy of GTA IV waiting for me. A friend of mine in the US drove to a store, paid the pre-order fee, then woke up early on release day and drove there again to pay the rest and collect it, and all that got him the game one day before me.
That said, I don't own a car, so who knows?
Where I work in the UK the pennies are a code; a £599.99 laptop is a current model, a £599.97 computer is out of line and we won't be getting more. I think.98 means something slightly different, can't remember. I've been told a lot of other companies do this as well.
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I buy most things I want from Amazon, unless my staff discount at work can get it for me cheaper. I just like waking up in the morning, going downstairs, and hey look there's my copy of GTA IV waiting for me. A friend of mine in the US drove to a store, paid the pre-order fee, then woke up early on release day and drove there again to pay the rest and collect it, and all that got him the game one day before me. That said, I don't own a car, so who knows?
Simple, some people (like me) are lazy. Paying more is a bit silly, free delivery is usually good enough, as a few others are saying.
Where I work in the UK the pennies are a code; a £599.99 laptop is a current model, a £599.97 computer is out of line and we won't be getting more. I think .98 means something slightly different, can't remember. I've been told a lot of other companies do this as well.