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Basic numeracy in Waitrose

Beware the discounted cookies promoted all over the coffee shop in Waitrose! Original price £1.25 now with 20% off so should be £1.00


But no! Hang on a minute, Waitrose makes this discounted price £1.05! What kind of strange maths is this? Yes I know it's only 5p but all those 5ps add up and more to the point - customers are being diddled out of their money by a misleading promotion. This wasn't some chalked up affair either but an expensive looking full colour poster so I imagine, perhaps, a national promotion.


I did inform Waitrose customer service of this but a week later and I have had no reply. That's just the way it crumbles I suppose....:(
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  • coffeehound
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    Reminds me of hearing a senior contracts manager of a large company having it explained to them by a patient underling why taking 20% off the retail price doesn't give you the pre-VAT price
  • Reminds me of hearing a senior contracts manager of a large company having it explained to them by a patient underling why taking 20% off the retail price doesn't give you the pre-VAT price



    Yes and I once took two shirts both with 20% off to the till in Debenhams and the girl asked her supervisor whether that meant I got 40% off. I was hoping she was going to say yes and I would have quickly got 3 more :)
  • VfM4meplse
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    Beware the discounted cookies promoted all over the coffee shop in Waitrose! Original price £1.25 now with 20% off so should be £1.00
    Confusing 20% with 20p. Probably just a central programming error and hopefully was fixed quickly?

    Now for some tough talking: spending £1 on a single cookie? :naughty:
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • RainbowDrops
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    20% off £1.25 should be 93p ish?
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    20% off £1.25 should be 93p ish?
    12.5p x 2 = 25p. Where do you get the extra 7p from?
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

    "No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio

    Hope is not a strategy :D...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
  • Yup £1 each but they are the big saucer size ones with lots of delicious ingredients. Used to splash out when the coffee was free but bit more frugal now.
  • RainbowDrops
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    VfM4meplse wrote: »
    12.5p x 2 = 25p. Where do you get the extra 7p from?

    No idea :rotfl:
    Maybe I should work for Waitrose?:D
  • Cornucopia
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    75% of £1.25 is just over 93p? It's actually 80% that is needed.
  • RainbowDrops
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    Cornucopia wrote: »
    75% of £1.25 is just over 93p? It's actually 80% that is needed.

    Ah, maybe I was trying to do 25% off. Brain fail.
  • Cornucopia
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    There is a relationship there with 25%...


    Your 20% off becomes 25% to go back on again.

    £1.25 less 20% = £1

    £1 plus 25% = £1.25


    I imagine that the exact mathematical reason is something to with it being 4/5 (four-fifths) to take the amount off, and 5/4 to put it back on again.
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