The salespeople behind this one-penny discount must assume no one will read what the original price was. Sadly, this method probably works. In fact, we already ordered the pre-paid phone before we noticed.
UPDATE 3/23/11: Thanks to Dan W. for sending us this gem he found at J.C. Penney, making the above discount of a cent seem wildly generous.
UPDATE 3/24/11: Joanna S. has managed to trump everyone with this photo of a Walmart discount that actually involves a price increase. Thanks for the pic!
UPDATE (5/17/11): For a limited time, you can get nothing off a few things or a discount of a 23% price increase. (Via wr3n)
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Cecile | 09/05/2011 flag |
My workmate just showed me a promotion label that had 84p crossed out, with a big "Now 84p" in the middle. She didn't bother putting it on the shelf :)
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RobitJ | 07/09/2011 flag |
I don't know..I think they belong right up there with the "INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE" sign.
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nae | 07/08/2011 flag |
The thing about the first one with a 1 penny discount, is that it is from Australia where we don't even have pennies.... So essentially it would cost exactly the same due to rounding...
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Catherine2206 | 06/21/2011 flag |
seen in Tesco's...£1 each or £2 for two
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bridget | 05/17/2011 flag |
haha
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OhSoShameless | 05/17/2011 flag |
LOL!!! Would be funny if someone actually bought one of these products due to these failed "discounts" . Im sure some people have bought that certain product for that certain reason,they have a name too....theyre called Fools :)
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Jolie868 | 04/12/2011 flag |
here's a screenshot of a "sale" from the fb game cafe world: http://www.photoshop.com/users/idlechic/assets/849f92ff96894287a4229b6d8b9bad04 huge savings, indeed.
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Seren1 | 03/25/2011 flag |
+3 for snowak
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SteveT | 03/25/2011 flag |
My dad died last year. I needed to get home for the funeral, a cross country trip. Delta wanted $600.00 for a regular coach flight, and $750 for a "bereavement" flight. I kept telling the agent on the phone that this was not a discount. He kept saying, "Yes, it is." I asked him how charging me $150.00 more was a discount. He said, "Because that's how we discount things." I flew United.
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Bear | 03/25/2011 flag |
Guaranteed the managers or employees who posted those signs were Fast Start graduates. They be needin that program!
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Leenda1 | 03/24/2011 flag |
I couldn't remember who posted these - glad you did an update. I have a pic on my blog from today's Target Daily "Deals" - all 0% discounts: http://leendadll.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/target-daily-deals/
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4serendipity | 03/24/2011 flag |
+2 for snowak
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LumpyOatmeal | 03/24/2011 flag |
Having worked at JCPenney for more than a year, I saw that happen all the time!!! Or stuff would go on clearance and be on a specially marked clearance rack, but the price was actually $2-3 higher than it was when it was just on a regular sale...
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zissou | 03/24/2011 flag |
+1 for snowak
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Liz | 03/23/2011 flag |
Here's a "sale" my husband & I found at our local grocery store a few weeks ago- http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=34817&id=1778847935&saved#!/photo.php?fbid=1320466189922&set=a.1320466029918.34817.1778847935&theater
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snowak | 03/23/2011 flag |
http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/500d2e3387c56f0fd1a472b16457d1c2
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Jaime | 03/23/2011 flag |
The benefits of an Albertson's card:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=1491866750768&set=a.1126915867224.19719.1656991143&theater -
thegirl | 03/23/2011 flag |
Working in retail, I'd say that probably does work. Usually people think any sign you have up means it's on sale, half the time they don't even read it. It might say something like "This aisle subject to surveillance" And when they bring it up to the register they will say, "there was a sign, isn't this on sale??"
My favorite ever was when my manager had used post-it notes to remind us where we were moving things around and a woman thought a freakin post-it with a pencil scribble was a sale sign! -
Ohyeah | 03/23/2011 flag |
Why is everything always "photoshopped"? People do make mistakes by creating signs like this.
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cylia | 03/23/2011 flag |
putting a yellow tab on a white tab with the same price..slleged discounts..genius...
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spayer | 03/23/2011 flag |
Around here that would be discounted to 40.00
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Drew | 03/22/2011 flag |
I used to work at a grocery store where they would have as their big sale items for the week things that were A PENNY OFF!! Wow - really brought in the customers. Um, no.
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The Platzner Post | 03/21/2011 flag |
Great deal...Not!!! : )
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Laura82430 | 03/21/2011 flag |
with*
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Laura82430 | 03/21/2011 flag |
I'm witj Jimmy Nads on this....painfully obvious actually.
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Jimmy Nads | 03/21/2011 flag |
More like the worst Photoshop hack job ever. They could have at least put a little effort into it.
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Jennifer122188 | 03/21/2011 flag |
Actually, I think THIS is the worst sale ever http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=427325&l=5994f13326&id=100000487220668
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Christine12446 | 03/21/2011 flag |
I guarantee it cost the company more than a penny to print each of those "discount" tags...
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spayer | 03/21/2011 flag |
:D Looks like when my supermarket makes "Price cuts"....Old price: 1.25, new, lower price: 1.35.
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cate | 03/21/2011 flag |
No rainchecks.
