# How is this not age/disability discrimination? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663 "2017-04-17T20:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/101 "2017-04-18T23:00:58Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > No, for that he gets a commendation. Well, if he’d called the thread “My dear Pop’s dear pop”, _that_ would be worth a commendation. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/102 "2017-04-18T23:25:08Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Well, if he’d called the thread “My dear Pop’s dear pop”, _that_ would be worth a commendation. Damn, where’s a mod when you need one? ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/103 "2017-04-18T23:41:36Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > FWIW, I find it kind of scammy to have a sign stating $11 for 4 if the individual price is $2.75. It’s crap like that that would make me switch to another store. Guess retailers can’t win. You do realize that 4 × $2.75 = $11, right? ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/104 "2017-04-18T23:53:45Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Kroger often offers a price for multiple items. > Five candy bars for $4. > > I buy 2 and the register still gives me the discounted price of 80 cents each. $1.60 for 2. The member plus discount is printed on the receipt. > > It’s done that for as long as I can remember. > > I wouldn’t shop at a store that didn’t honor their discounts. > > McDonald’s is very good about reminding customers that their Breakfast sandwiches are on sale. I ordered a Bacon Egg Cheese Biscuit last week. It would have been around $4. They asked if I wanted the 2 for 1 special and got 2 for around $3. I was also going to say this. I know where I usually shop, if the deal is for multiples, they will give the discounted price on however many I buy, even if only one. Sometimes it will say in smaller print “must buy X quantity.” ---
**Author:** ![dofe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@dofe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dofe)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/105 "2017-04-18T23:54:30Z")
> [@CoastalMaineiac](#): > > You do realize that 4 × $2.75 = $11, right? I think that’s Eliahna’s point: that it’s scammy for a store to give the impression you get a better deal if you buy four, when in fact it’s the same price as if you had bought one. ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/106 "2017-04-19T00:30:19Z")
> [@dofe](#): > > I think that’s Eliahna’s point: that it’s scammy for a store to give the impression you get a better deal if you buy four, when in fact it’s the same price as if you had bought one. And see, I would think the opposite, unless the ad notified me that “must by X” was a part of the deal. My local grocer does not generally enforce a “must by X” rule, however. They often have some sort of “10 for $10” deal going down; I often buy fewer than ten of those items, and they always ring up at $1 each. Either way it goes, it is much less scummy than the fact that they are allowed to advertise prices without taxes and fees. That $11 for four 12-packs of soda up here would actually total $14.01 by the time they added sales tax and a 5¢ deposit per can. That’s a whopping 36% higher than advertised, and that’s bullshit! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/107 "2017-04-19T00:39:51Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > It was a rant. Not a dissertation, and not a scientific poll. Sorry for the confusion. If it was a rant, you should have put it in the Pit. And you certainly framed it as if you expected everyone to agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/108 "2017-04-19T04:33:18Z")
If the sale were still on, I wonder if you could go back to the store and ask for a refund, where they would owe you two additional cases of soda and $1. And since you would still be entitled to the original two cases, you shouldn’t even have to lug them back to the store (which is good since you probably drank a few on Easter). edit: I bet the POS system would require a refund on the original two cases (meaning they had to be returned) and then four new cases purchased. Easy way around that, but not if the store manager is being difficult. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663/109 "2017-04-19T11:47:48Z")
And people like the OP are EXACTLY the reason promo signs reading, “Special: 3 for $8”, need to also include, “or $2.99 each” ! Because somehow, against all odds, “3 for $8”, isn’t clear enough for them! Even though, as this thread makes painfully evident, most people fully comprehend what it means. But there’s always that one guy insisting he should get the same deal on two! I don’t think it would matter a whit how clear you make the sign. There will always be people like this! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-age-disability-discrimination/784663.md?page=5)