2 for 5? 2 FOR 5!

[Shaman]

So we sell beer at our store. A regular comes in and grabs her usual two bud lights ($2.49)
and she says

SC: "2 for 5?"
ME: *smiling awkwardly* "hehe no" *proceed to scan.*
SC: 2 FOR 5! (more of a statement).
ME: "We cant... sorry"
SC: Why I come here all the time?
ME: Oh you're right. Hey just pay 1/4 of our rent and you can get all the 2 for 5s you want ok?

*oh wait thats a hallucination*

ME: Yeah I cant sorry.
SC: "UGGH. Man Come on!" (Like I'm the Redskins football team during any game).
ME: Hehe. Have a good day!

I mean I get it 7/11 does a bazillion deals every day, but we're not 7/11.

Also they do some weird ones sometimes. 2 for 4.33! or 3 for 7.66! Who thought those numbers made sense?

[Aragarthiel]

...but isn't $2.49 each still 2 for $5?

[Monterey Jack]

...but isn't $2.49 each still 2 for $5?

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[dawnfire]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

there's probably tax that needs to be added

[Shaman]

Its rings up as 5.28 due to beer tax. Damn It so technically it is 2 for 5? I'm so lost now. Did she not want to pay tax? Its labeled as 2.49!

Maybe I should have just done this:

SC: 2 for 5!

ME: SURE!

EDIT: Man I'm tired lol. Sorry for the odd post.

[dalesys]

Shoo five, don't bother me...

[MoonCat]

Maybe she didn't want to pay the tax. People have been known to throw fits over a few pennies.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Maybe she didn't want to pay the tax. People have been known to throw fits over a few pennies.

Then they can take that up w/their local government officials. We minions have no control over the weather/tax rates/discounts/pricing/etc.

Despite anything they may think to the contrary. I mean, I'd like to think I'm a size 6 and curvy and 20 years younger but that' frankly ain't happening either.

[wolfie]

Also they do some weird ones sometimes. 2 for 4.33! or 3 for 7.66! Who thought those numbers made sense?

They might come out to a nice round number when tax is added in.

I wonder if some gun store owner with a sense of humour ever has a sale on rifle ammunition - rimmed cartridges (specified quantity) for $30.30, or rimless cartridges (specified quantity) for $30.06.

[Bloodsoul]

For awhile a Dunkin' Donuts I'd visit would sell single doughnuts for .94¢ which, with tax, rounded up to $1.

[jennywren]

That's why I like living in the UK, the price you see is the price you pay in shops and supermarkets.

None of this adding on sales tax.

[Shaman]

That's why I like living in the UK, the price you see is the price you pay in shops and supermarkets.

None of this adding on sales tax.

That's amazing! I mean how does that work? How does the government raise revenue?

[Titi]

That's amazing! I mean how does that work? How does the government raise revenue?

They probably have a federally mandated sales tax that is already added on to the price. That is what I saw when I lived in Germany. It doesn't work in the US because each state has its own tax laws. I now live in a state with no sales tax or state income tax but they have a high property tax and they also make money because any wine sold anywhere have to be bought through the state liquor commission. They have stores as well where hard alcohol is sold.

When I lived in NY every county had their own sales tax laws. I would have people come in for an even exchange and the computers would charge them for the sales tax in our county they would get really upset because they drove all the way to other county to avoid the tax only to find they had to pay it again. (It was normally that the other store didn't have the color they wanted while our store had many.) I was so glad when that store fought and won the fact to get even exchanges without the tax.

[SimonF12009]

Yeah, it's called VAT (Value Added Tax) and is applied to all relevant items sale price before they print out the price labels

[jennywren]

Yeah, it's called VAT (Value Added Tax) and is applied to all relevant items sale price before they print out the price labels

And it is 20%