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At This Target, 50% Off And Free Are Pretty Much The Same Thing
Getting a cleaning product for free when you buy a broom or mop is a pretty good deal, and so is getting one for half off. The problem at this Target is that they can’t decide what deal they want to...
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Target Promotion: $2 Gift Card When You Buy 5 Or $5 When You Buy 2
It’s not that we want to make fun of Target and their shelf tags stuffed with fuzzy math. We can’t help it. If only Target would try applying some logic to the signs it posts in its stores, we would...
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Spend $5 Extra To Get $5 Gift Card At Target
Target is a successful retailer, which is impressive considering the company’s collective poor grasp of math. Reader Mireille was shopping for diapers there and spotted an interesting deal on diapers....
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Walmart Weather Radio Pricing Less Awful Than It Appears
Reader N. was shopping in the weather station section at Walmart when he noticed something odd. Hanging on the same rack were two different variations on the same weather radio. You could buy the radio...
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USPS Is Not Encouraging You To Buy Christmas Stamps In June
Maybe it was a terrible mixup or an employee prank. We’ll probably never know why a poster advertising Christmas stamps suddenly appeared in the window at reader Chris’s local post office in...
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Target: You Must Pick One Discount With Your Wii U. Only One
Silly Justin: he thought that because Target advertised two different promotions for the Wii U he bought, he would get to take advantage of both of them. Nope. He learned that he could have $25 off or...
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Target Learns To Round Up, Or Is Maybe Just Confused
This fan at Target has a regular price of $15.99, but was advertised in the chain’s circular as $16. “Apparently they are proud to advertise a $0.01 price hike,” writes tipster Bob. Is that it? Or has...
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When Life Makes Too Much Sense, Just Apply Target Math
Here is how buying in bulk is supposed to work: you go to the store. You buy a multi-pack of an item, so the retailer makes more money from your shopping trip. In turn, the retailer charges you less...
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Campbell’s Soup Insists They Really Do Know How Percentages Work
What is going on in this photo? These are two identical cans of soup, except for what it says on the banner at the top of the label. Only one says that it’s 30% bigger than the standard 10.75 ounce...
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More Examples Of Target Math: They Never Said It Was “On Sale”
There are two different types of Target math, our name for the unusual ways that stores calculate bulk and sale prices. One type is when a “sale” price is higher than a product’s regular price, which...
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