What's up with the $0.99, $1.99, $2.99, etc.?; weather, and what to do

It should be understood that this is a ploy used by retaliers to make things cheaper then they seem. Consumers think oh $1.99, I must be saving. Truth is you're only saving a penny and these days a penny isn't worth that much. Heck the dollar ain't worth face value anymore since our economy has been tanking, the past eight years (Big props go out to President Obama for trying to fix what has been ruined). I say to retailers just round that amount up a dollar. I mean who wants to keep a penny, the reason why people pay by credit or debit card is because change is a hassle. The last time saving a penny a day was in my eyes worth it was (I thank the History Channel for this information) in 1908: U.S. Postage stamps are sold for the very first time at a penny a piece. I am going to buy an iPod Touch this weekend because I need something to do while on the bus. The current state of weather here in Honolulu: it is raining and it is about 76 degrees. Which is very contradictory; not the temperature but whats going on, the tradewinds were supposed to blow clouds away. It was only supposed to rain Windward not Leeward but I guess Hawaiian weather is hard to predict.