Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for April 01, 2015

Buy one… get another one at the same price…

It wouldn’t surprise me at all if this “sale” drew customers in.

I’ve heard them insist that last month’s “Buy one, get 2nd one 50% off” was a better discount than the current 25% off store-wide (it’s NOT!!) I’ve seen them at the grocery store, buying 3 for $8, instead of the regular $2.59 each…and paying more for things in the large “economy” bag.

In fact, those 9 oz “family size” cans of tuna cost more than twice as much as a 6oz can.

Sigh…..

And there is 2 ozs of water in that 5 oz can.

I using a few cans of tuna for a salad, so I weighed them out and they all came out to 2.5 to 3.0 oz of actual tuna in a 5 oz can.

I remember when I used to order for a department at a grocery store, we’d check the ad to see what was going on sale so we could order up. I saw yoplait yogurts in the ad so I ordered enough to cover a sale. The day the sales started I didn’t see any sale tags so I asked the person who did tags and she looked into it and we discovered that… they were in the ad alright, but at regular price. _

Ad does not equal sale price. Ad is short for advertisement. Most places advertise their prices and yes they are regular price not a sale price. Lowe’s and Home Depot are famous for it.

Soupy Sales: “That’s cheap at half the price, gimme two”.

My favorites is the “Second Annual Going Out Of Business Sale”

Remember the 3-lb can of coffee (48 oz.)? Over the years it became 44 oz., 42 oz., 38 oz. … and last couple of years the 3-lb can is 32 oz. Now $9 instead of $6.

Buy one beer at twice the price and get the second one free!

The more you spend the more you save !

I love it!!!