Grrrr shops that can't do maths.

heretolearn_2

No, it wasn't 'up to' - I double checked at the time as I know shops can be sneaky with very small small-print sometimes. They had different racks with different %s - one general sales rack with no % notice, one rack of '50% off' items, one rack of '75% off' items. Huge sign with just the 3 words 'Sale 75% off' on it. It's just that their maths was crap.

biscit

heretolearn wrote: »

No, it wasn't 'up to' - I double checked at the time as I know shops can be sneaky with very small small-print sometimes. They had different racks with different %s - one general sales rack with no % notice, one rack of '50% off' items, one rack of '75% off' items. Huge sign with just the 3 words 'Sale 75% off' on it. It's just that their maths was crap.

Thanks for the clarification. Unfortunately there are a lot of people about who aren't so thoughtful and shout their mouths off without thinking so sometimes we need to check.

heretolearn_2

fair enough

BlueAngelCV

davetrousers wrote: »

It gets on my nerves when shops say "Up to Half Price Sale", now surely that means less than half price, but the stuff is for sale for more than half price.

For example if something was full price at £10, then half price would be £5, so by saying up to half price sale, then the sale price would/should be up to £5.

No becase it's referring to the sale, ie the reduction. So up to half price obviously means a reduction of up to 50%. I don't think it's unclear or misleading at all.

Storck

If there were different racks for different reductions how can you be sure customers had not put them back on a different rack?

2sides2everystory

BlueAngelCV wrote: »

No becase it's referring to the sale, ie the reduction. So up to half price obviously means a reduction of up to 50%. I don't think it's unclear or misleading at all.

As a student of the English language I say the 'up to Half' is referring to the Price but the people who word these signs are rarely that. They are a type who are far more likely to see the extent of actually misleading their prospective customers as a measure of success in their chosen vocation.

I urge anyone who has to make a double take of wordings like this following the discovery that prices are higher than they were first led to believe (especially the miniscule "up to" type scam notices) to complain loudly and lengthily to the manager of the shop.

A few more of them might then be able to take the correct temperature of the nation on the acceptability of such annoyances.

knightstyle

Talking about shops and maths, Items listed as 2 for £16, no price each, only one my size and was charged £6 for it!!!!!

biscit

BlueAngelCV wrote: »

No becase it's referring to the sale, ie the reduction. So up to half price obviously means a reduction of up to 50%. I don't think it's unclear or misleading at all.

It is clumsy language- it means up to 50% off, but doesn't quite say that.

davetrousers

BlueAngelCV wrote: »

No becase it's referring to the sale, ie the reduction. So up to half price obviously means a reduction of up to 50%. I don't think it's unclear or misleading at all.

I do, I know what it is meant to say or is implying but the words don't quite say that. They say "Up To Half Price Sale" which means if something were half price then it would be up to half the price, not greater than half the price. The should say "Up to 50% off Sale"

Dave_C_2

BlueAngelCV wrote: »

No becase it's referring to the sale, ie the reduction. So up to half price obviously means a reduction of up to 50%. I don't think it's unclear or misleading at all.

Rubbish!
A more accurate and clear description would be "Down to half price"

I don't see why we, the customers, should be forced to perform mental gymnastics on the poor wording on signs. It's bad enough with all the grocer's apostrophes an quote marks.

Dave