# $8.49 for the 36-pack of Pepsi? Will you take $6? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645 "2007-07-13T14:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/21 "2007-07-13T19:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=Morgenstern] You just have to find the humor in these things. [/QUOTE] Personally, I find public lynchings very humorous. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/22 "2007-07-13T19:42:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] Aw, give **Morgenstern** a break. I’m sure some of his most cherished memories are actually things that happened to other people on TV. [/QUOTE] That would be in the butt, Neheimiah. ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/23 "2007-07-13T19:47:47Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] What were these other items? I’m trying to learn about foreign cultures. [/QUOTE] Crab juice. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/24 "2007-07-13T20:18:30Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] How exactly do you know that **Morgenstern** _isn’t_ George Carlin? [/QUOTE] I for one have never seen them in the same room at the same time. Wait, how would I know that? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/25 "2007-07-13T20:33:04Z")
lowbrass, typically you make about as much sense as an old lady wearing a thong over her depends. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/26 "2007-07-13T20:47:34Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] What? They didn’t complain bitterly, and question the cashier’s parentage and pedigree? They calmly worked out a quick solution that was to the benefit of all? That’s just so… wrong. [/QUOTE] Well, there were stuck there, kind of flat-footed, (holding me up!!) and I felt proud that I’d come up with a solution. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/27 "2007-07-13T20:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] …They’re really amusing until they get annoying. [/QUOTE] “get annoying” = “happen to me” ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/28 "2007-07-13T21:12:18Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] I know we’re supposed to be very respectful and tolerant of other cultures and their customs. Still, Mr. Immigrant, you have to understand that in most retail stores in the United States, we don’t negotiate for prices; they’re fixed. Especially at a Costco. Especially when you’re dealing with a powerless cashier. Especially when there’s a long line of shoppers behind you, myself included among them, all waiting to pay for their goods. Especially when you’re trying to bargain on EVERY GODDAMN ITEM IN YOUR CART. [/QUOTE] [screeching liberal from the Dope] YOU RACIST PIG!!! [/slftD] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/29 "2007-07-13T21:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=Morgenstern] lowbrass, typically you make about as much sense as an old lady wearing a thong over her depends. [/QUOTE] That made perfect sense. You just need to pay more attention. [Here you go…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427799) **Elmwood** –What did the cashier do? How did she handle it? (I wonder if he haggled on the price of the Costco membership…) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/30 "2007-07-13T21:39:02Z")
Green Bean Actually I was referring to lowbrass’s post before that one. (#14) Sorry I wasn’t clear on that one. Perhaps I should have said - “lowbrass - your wit has no beginning”. ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/31 "2007-07-13T22:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=Morgenstern] Green Bean Actually I was referring to lowbrass’s post before that one. (#14) Sorry I wasn’t clear on that one. [/quote] That one was a reference to the Jon Lovitz “Pathological Liar” character from SNL. Try to keep up, dude. Type “my wife morgan fairchild” into google and click “I’m feeling lucky”. > [@](#): > > Perhaps I should have said - “lowbrass - your wit has no beginning”. Your humor is biting. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/32 "2007-07-13T22:14:18Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] **Elmwood** –What did the cashier do? How did she handle it? (I wonder if he haggled on the price of the Costco membership…) [/QUOTE] She just kept on saying something like “I’m sorry, but the price is fixed, and we don’t haggle.”, “I can’t make you any deals on that”, and so on. Several times times, he tried a second or third time." Very cool and collected throughout. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/33 "2007-07-13T22:44:13Z")
I saw the TP thing on a Seinfeld rerun, I’m pretty sure. So he stole it from George Carlin. Go figure. I’ve done it myself, too, btw. So, the OP may have been behind me in that one line … ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/34 "2007-07-13T23:20:30Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Pffft. I paid $8.00 for two 24 packs of Diet Pepsi three days ago at Stater Bros. This was with a $2.00 off in-ad coupon, but still that would have calculated to $7.50 for a 36-pack. I’m a _shopper_! 😃 [/QUOTE] I can beat that. I’ve shopped where you buy 4 12-packs for $10 and get an extra 12-pack free. 60 cans for $10, in other words. At 17 cents @ can, it works out to 36 cans for $6.00\*. 😛 - Yeah, I know 10.00 / 60 = 16.6666666 _ad nauseum_. I’m rounding to the nearest whole cent. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/35 "2007-07-14T01:04:31Z")
So does 48 cans for $8.00, actually, which is what I paid after the coupon. 😃 (we drink a lot of diet cola) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/36 "2007-07-14T05:10:53Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] So does 48 cans for $8.00, actually, which is what I paid after the coupon. 😃 (we drink a lot of diet cola) [/QUOTE] I would, too, if I could get it for that price! ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/37 "2007-07-14T07:56:20Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] - Yeah, I know 10.00 / 60 = 16.6666666 _ad nauseum_. I’m rounding to the nearest whole cent. [/QUOTE] 16.666666 EQUALS 17…ahhhh forget it… :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/38 "2007-07-14T08:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] So does 48 cans for $8.00, actually, which is what I paid after the coupon. 😃 (we drink a lot of diet cola) [/QUOTE] Aha. I see. It would have been two 24-packs for $10.00 without the $2.00 off. I get it. I’m just not drinking enough cola. I need more caffeine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/39 "2007-07-14T09:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=lowbrass] Crab juice. [/QUOTE] Flavour bars! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645/40 "2007-07-14T12:55:07Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] “get annoying” = “happen to me” [/QUOTE] Nah. When I’m in line, I’m pretty patient; unless I’m in a hurry, I’ve got all the time in the world, and when I am in a hurry, I can always leave and come back. But there is a fine line between amusing and annoying. The guy two lines over who argues with the cashier over a fifteen-cent coupon isn’t affecting me in the least bit, but the arguing gets old after a few minutes. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-49-for-the-36-pack-of-pepsi-will-you-take-6/411645.md?page=3)