"Harlan Messinger" wrote in message
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TakenEvent wrote:
"Harlan Messinger" wrote in message
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TakenEvent wrote:
Actually, after rereading the original post, I have determined that
Jack
got
a better deal than he may think. If the original price was $38/roll,
Jack
should have paid $28.50 per roll, for a total of $456. The confusion
comes
from the $32 price tag. Either way, Jack got the best possible price.
Lowe's gave Jack the advertised discount off the sticker price on the
insulation. Had he received the discount off of the price in the
computer,
he would have paid a total of $483.36.
Sale prices aren't supposed X% off a fictional price stored in a
computer. They're supposed to be X% off the price the customer would be
paying in the absence of a sale. That's the sticker price.

If there wasn't a sale at all, the price on the sticker was $32, the
cashier charged $38, and the cashier said that that what was in the
computer, I'd ask to see the manager on the spot. If the manager's
response was that it was a case of "confusion" caused by my relying on
the sticker price, and that the price in the computer was the real
price, I'd leave the store.

The case when a sale is involved is no different.

Are you supposed to be refuting or disagreeing with something I posted?

I was taking issue with your statement that "the confusion comes from
the $32 price tag", which I interpreted to mean that $38 really was the
number to be used in the calculation, and that the use of $32 was a
mistake owing to confusion caused by the price tag. If I misunderstood,
sorry.


I could have just as easily said it the other way around. Perhaps I should
have said that the confusion comes from the discrepancy between the two
prices.