02-20-2018, 11:43 PM
rz wrote:
I argued a similar point at a sporting goods store once. Their clearance prices were 50% off. They came over the loudspeaker and said that for the next half hour, all clearance items were 75% off. So I bought something. When the clerk rang it up, she took 50% off. Then she took 25% off of that total. I explained three times that she was wrong.
If you take 75% off of $100, it's $25
If you take 50% off of $100, it's $50. If you then take 25% off of that, it's $37.50
She finally had to get a manager to ring it up properly.
In her defense, the way she rang it up is how multiple discounts are applied.