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		magicofpi on March 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Rule of Thumb: Pricing Should Be Simple Yes, exactly. Perhaps the 4 weeks approach is to link it with the existing home delivery system (which is also calculated by week), but it sounds strange in practice. I guess we'll see how it turns out, though. Maybe most customers won't actually mind these irregularities.

chris_vannoy on March 22, 2011 [–]

Actually, my guess is the every-four-weeks bit is to goose revenue.

With monthly, you're getting paid 12 times a year. With every four weeks, you get paid 13 times.

It's a nifty little sales trick. Most people (including me) automatically round four weeks up to a month before thinking about it.

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