So I was in le supermarche the other day looking to buy some mini quorn sausages, the three year old here loves them....
And lucky us they were on special, at least the smaller packets were....
Oh and MERRY XMAS, I SAVED THIS ESPECIALLY FOR TODAY!
For some reason I just wanted a very NON XMAS post up!
Time for some fun with math....
- £3.50 for 28 sausages (14 times 2)
compared to
- £2.95 for 24 sausages.
HMMM NOT immediately obvious to work out what is cheaper.
Time for a calculator...
- that's £0.125 per sausage with 'the deal
and
- £0.123 pwe sausage with the regular price on the larger pack.
DAMN!
Interim conclusion
Not so lucky us......
NB I still bought the two mini packets as it's worth paying that tiny tiny bit extra to keep them fresher for longer, one has to ration these things...
Lessons learned...
It's worth pausing BRIEFLY and using a calculator and being careful to not get sucked in by special offers.
What annoys me about this is that it's just another example of you having to be on your guard when out in public spaces, literally the same item more or less right next to the special is BETTER VALUE...
One can be aware of NOT buying stuff you usually wouldn't when it's on special, but being duped into paying more than you could usually by special offers, that's a new one on me!
Hot damn it's a crazy and mildly unpleasant world out there sometimes!
Hmmm..
Postcript...
I'm probably having a great XMAS, this was scheduled at it'd be rude to get online today!