This one is quite interesting. The Hungarian currency, the Forint, is a pretty much inflated currency with 2000 Forint being about 7 Euro. While the 1 Forint coin ceased to exist a while ago, the products sold in the supermarkets still carry price tags with prices that require the use of the 1 Forint coin to complete the transaction, i.e 239 Forint. As there is no 1 Forint coin anymore, the price gets rounded up to 240 and the change of 761 Forint decreases to 760 Forint.
Now, as 1 Forint is worth less than a (Euro) cent, there is not much to argue about. I find it rather odd, however, that price tags still list prices that, in reality, are 1 Forint more expensive. Why not advertising the product as 240 Forint instead of the 239 Forint?
Now, as 1 Forint is worth less than a (Euro) cent, there is not much to argue about. I find it rather odd, however, that price tags still list prices that, in reality, are 1 Forint more expensive. Why not advertising the product as 240 Forint instead of the 239 Forint?
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