To think you should get the discount advertised.

[HappydaysArehere]

Went shopping yesterday and saw a lovely man's top displayed with 30% off. It cost £60. So expected to pay £40. I was charged £42. This was a large, well known store. I queried it and I was told a confused story about 10% and something else. There was a long queue and I was lost by an explanation that he didn't seem to understand either so I left it. AIBU to think I should have received the offer displayed?

Your maths is dodgy-30% of £60 is £18. £60-£18 is £42.
It would have to be a third off to be £40.

30% is not a third, a third is 33.3333%.

YANBU

30% off £60 is £18 - 10% would be £6 so three times that is £18. Therefore the discount price is £42.

Wanting a £60 top for £40 would be a discount of 1/3 or 33.3%

But the shop was correct. 30% off would be £42!

This does give me something to tell my GCSE pupils when they whinge about maths being a waste of time in the real world.

I'm glad it's not just me who is crap at maths

You did receive the discount offered.

10% of 60 is £6 off
So 30% is 3x10% = 3x£6 = £18 off

I need to send this thread to my ex-Maths teacher father, he'all enjoy it

YABU

Next time buy a calculator instead.

Holy thread backfire

Don't worry op I make the same mistakes daily!

Yabu, you got the displayed offer

Calculators don't always help getoutofmycar-you have to know how to use them and have a common sense filter for the results.

You get some very comedy answers from students who blindly believe what the calculator tells them.

I'm having flashbacks to the time I went shopping with my mother and she bought 5 things, each with 20% off. She was absolutely insistent that she'd got 100% off ....

There were five of us, all explaining the maths/arguing why she was wrong for over half an hour, but she was right and we were all wrong!

There but for the grace of God go I, OP.

I'd probably have had a wee humphy face on me in the store too.

Retail staff really earn their money I think.

Ah....

Ooops. I can see this being a GCSE question.

happydays spent £60 but was given 30% off. She was told it was £42 so she complained on Mumsnet. Please write an explanation of why she was wrong and work out what she should have paid.

Of course! What an idiot. I had even asked someone else and she also said it should have been £40! Of course I simply cut it into a third of 60.
I am now enjoying my purchase even more. Thanks a lot.

Good job you left it and didn't query it further...

Best way to work the discounts is as PP has said.

Work out 10% and then multiple that discount by however many times. In this case three.

I think that's what the shop assistant was probably trying to say about 10%

Daily Mail fodder coming up.

Can you work out 30% of £60?

Very simple way of working things like this out.
10% of £60 is £6
3x6 is £18 - so that's the discount.
I'm rubbish at maths but even I can do that !!