# No Prices on Items for Sale?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-items-for-sale/409454>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-items-for-sale/409454 "2007-06-26T11:54:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-items-for-sale/409454/21 "2007-06-28T13:32:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Balthisar]  
But Grainger has a huge catalogue with prices, both in print and online.  
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They do, but it seems to me the point of having a showroom associated with the order counter is to encourage impulse purchase when the customers come in to to place/pickup thier counter orders. With no prices, the impulse is strongly attenuated. With little else to do while your order is being pulled from the warehouse, they have a captive audience…shame to waste it.

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-prices-on-items-for-sale/409454/22 "2007-06-28T18:42:29Z")

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[QUOTE=vetbridge]  
Nor does TN have a law requiring you to shop in a store which chooses to not post prices. Solution? 😉  
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Sure, next time I bet she will drive right by. I would be annoyed, though, if I stopped somewhere for the first time and found no posted prices. That’s just a weird way to do business in most places.

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