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Title: Best discount EVER.
Post by: Techno II on 12 December 2020, 10:56:34 AM
As per usual on a Saturday.....Down to the village....Collect pills and weekend papers....Go to mini (It's a bit more than mini, in truth) supermarket.

Get two 'pasties', two chunky Kitkats (for Von).....and a lotto ticket. X_X

Go to till.....Operative puts items 'through' the machine......"Ooooh that doesn't look right.".......It's telling me £330-76p.

Me....."I shall take my custom elsewhere."

Cheers - Phil  ;) (It was sorted). ;D ;D
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: fsn on 12 December 2020, 11:04:17 AM
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Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: Ithoriel on 12 December 2020, 11:18:06 AM
Many, many moons ago a group of us went to the south of France where we stayed in a charming hill village just outside Apt, near Avignon. Four of us split off from the rest for the day and drove down to Antibes and after a wander about we retired to a restaurant and had a nice but not hugely expensive meal, which I paid for with one of these, then, whizzy new-fangled credit card thingies.

Getting back, I discovered that the bank had converted the cost in francs (yes, it was a loooong time ago) to GBP ..... just over 12,000GBP in fact! Eek!

The lady who took my call asked,"Did you pay for a meal or the restaurant?" She quickly identified that someone had multiplied where they should have divided and came up with a more reasonable sum.
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 12 December 2020, 12:11:23 PM
They are usually pretty good at correcting mistakes.
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: toxicpixie on 13 December 2020, 09:59:29 AM
Couple of years ago a mate of mine bought some figure carry cases (the cardboard ones with foam inside); it very nearly went a little wrong and brought an early heart failure when he spotted just in time that the retailer had misplaced a decimal and was about to charge him £2500 per £25 case :D

Oh how he laughed, as the paramedics tried to resuscitate his bank account, heart and sense of humour ;)
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 13 December 2020, 10:21:43 AM
They would have had a problem restoring my sense of humour - aint got one !  :d
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: Techno II on 13 December 2020, 11:26:30 AM
I think you have, Ian.....You just keep it hidden. ;)

Cheers - Phil :)
Title: Re: Best discount EVER.
Post by: toxicpixie on 13 December 2020, 12:59:41 PM
Quote from: Techno II on 13 December 2020, 11:26:30 AM
I think you have, Ian.....You just keep it hidden. ;)

Cheers - Phil :)

Does it grow back after being surgically removed?!