Reduction
10-26-2020, 06:02 AM
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Here, the ad in Sunday's paper changes. Sometimes, it says as much as 50% off. There is always a section of the ad just above the 40% coupon that will say what is on sale that week for X% off. Sometimes, it includes quilting fabric, sometimes not. They generally use the term, "Calico", which I assume is quilting fabric. There is not a HL close to me, so I rarely go there. Since I retired, I'm am no longer driving around the area regularly. I live in the city and all the HL stores are in the suburbs.
bkay
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10-26-2020, 06:24 AM
#12
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Another example of where fairly basic math/arithmetic is useful - - - -
By the way - usually when a store says x% off the reduced price - the reduction is off the previously reduced price - not the original price
Example:
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
By the way - usually when a store says x% off the reduced price - the reduction is off the previously reduced price - not the original price
Example:
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
10-26-2020, 08:05 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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Example:
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
I save the the $35 off the original price with first reduction and then save the savings of 35% off the extra reduction price. In the example, would have saved $57.75 from original price. That's how I figure the savings on % off clearance.
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
I save the the $35 off the original price with first reduction and then save the savings of 35% off the extra reduction price. In the example, would have saved $57.75 from original price. That's how I figure the savings on % off clearance.
10-26-2020, 08:16 AM
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 2,826
HL is, generally speaking, not giving you 25/30% off the reduced price. An example is that the 40% off coupon does not apply to previously reduced merchandise. So, at least a while back, it did not make sense to buy their remnants or clearance fabric. They were not reduced by the standard, every day, 25/30% off nor could you use the 40% off coupon. Nor could you use the 40% off coupon on the every day price of 25/30% off. If you used the 40% off coupon on one cut of fabric, it was off the "regular" price, not the (in reality) every day price. So it was roughly 10% off.
bkay
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Last edited by bkay; 10-26-2020 at 08:20 AM.
10-26-2020, 08:20 AM
#15
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
Example:
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
I save the the $35 off the original price with first reduction and then save the savings of 35% off the extra reduction price. In the example, would have saved $57.75 from original price. That's how I figure the savings on % off clearance.
Original price: $100
35% off of $100 = (1.00 - .35) * 100 = $65.00
35% off of $65.00 = (1.00 - .35) * $65 = $42.25
Not: $100 *(1.00 - (.35 + .35)) = $30.00
I save the the $35 off the original price with first reduction and then save the savings of 35% off the extra reduction price. In the example, would have saved $57.75 from original price. That's how I figure the savings on % off clearance.
I was figuring out how much I would still have to pay.
57.75 + 42.25 = $100.00
10-27-2020, 12:14 AM
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 836
i dont shop at HL - but I get annoyed by the pricing games of my Joanns. Regular coupons of 40% but only valid on nonsale items and it seems like everything in the store is 25% off.
I'm trying to shop my stash for now unless I need something in particular to finish a project.
I'm trying to shop my stash for now unless I need something in particular to finish a project.
