on Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
Morrisons was a draw because on reading the small print, one was their
fault, but the other wasn't intended to be combined. I'll ask the
audience about the second: would you expect to be able to buy one
Pastrami and one roast beef from this same range of cooked meats, for a
total of £3?

http://www.perry.co.uk/images/two-for-three-quid.jpg

Not without the word "any" appearing.

That's the Morrisons scheme, yes. But ASDA would automatically include
similar items.

on Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
I get annoyed with "25% off marked prices" signs when it is not clear
whether the lower of two marked prices is the new price or a base for
further reductions.

eg if it says "was GBP10 now GBP7.50" on a widget label, and "25% off
marked price" on a sign next to it, does that mean the widget is 7.50
or 6.00 (or even 5.00 if you are lucky).

In a clothes shop, it would be £7.50.

In message , at 01:57:36 on Thu, 9
Feb 2012, Clive remarked:

Last night in Tesco was a special offer, 78p for a packet of biscuits
or £2 for two, is it me? Have I missed something somewhere.

That's very typical of Tesco. They also sometimes sell smaller packets
of things cheaper, eg 200g of cereal for £2, 300g for £3.50

Just further along were my favourites, Hobnobs, here was a special
offer I couldn't refuse and it was marked on the same label. Hobnobs
£1:09. Hobnob twin pack £1:00. I thought there must be some mistake
so I put them through the till and sure enough, £1:00. When I queried
it at the service desk, they weren't at all phased, they just said it
wasn't rare for makers to run promotional packs and this is what I'd
bought, two ordinary packs with another wrapper around and cheaper than
a single.

But beware the wrappers sometimes, it seems "bigger value pack" can mean
it's a just a bigger pack, not better value (than buying individually).

Another trick that Morrisons sometimes does with meat is put a very big
price label on saying how much per kg it is, and a very small label with
the cost of the actual item. If it's more than 1kg you can get the wrong
impression.

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Roland Perry