Black Friday Madness

I never participate in the Black Friday craziness - perhaps it is PTSD from all those Black Fridays that I worked at Lechmere but I just staaaaay away! This year I was tempted though as Salvation Army was opening at 7am and giving a 75% off coupon to the first 75 customers. I figured it would be a good chance to restock my items that I am resell on eBay so I went down and joined the madness - and madness it was!

I was excited as I scoured the whole store and felt I did very well find stuff that would make me money. The craziness came when getting in line to pay -- it took over an hour. The register was only giving 50% off not the 75% so the cashier was manually figuring out an additional 25% to take it off by hand. I am not a math wiz but from all those days of my own cashiering, I instantly knew this was not right. 50% off the total and then an additional 25% off the 50% discounted total is 62.5% off the total price not 75% off the total price. First off this is still a great deal because it is off Salvation Army prices, secondly there is no tax at Salvation Army and it is usually 9.75% in CA, and thirdly Salvation Army is a charity - I am not about to cheese down the price at a charity!

I will be kind and only say that the lady behind me was a bit kooky however it did dawn on her too that they were doing it incorrectly. I explained that she was correct and what they were doing wrong but that I just wanted to pay and leave so was not going to challenge it. But then she asks if I would still explain what they are doing wrong as I explained it so well to her! I was like oh noooooooo! She begged please. I reminded her that it was all still a great deal and stuck to my guns refusing to say anything. If I was at Kohl's or Target, etc I would fight tooth and nail for a nickel owed to me but Salvation Army? No thanks I have had enough murky karma this year and am not looking to sign up for anymore. Hope you all survived!