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Incidentally the price tag was invented by Quakers who considered haggling immoral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_tag#History



After yesterdays thread on the anki system I'm tempted to get into that and this bit of trivia is just the sort of thing I'd love to remember.


That is fascinating, thanks for sharing.




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