# What do you consider a real sale?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 16, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244 "2011-07-16T14:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244/1 "2011-07-16T14:45:51Z")

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I’m thinking about getting a new laptop (HP Pavilion g6x) but I’m in no rush and I’m willing to wait for a sale.

The current online price is $500. If HP knocks $10 off the price, even I know that’s not a sale. And since this model came out last March I don’t really expect to see “75% off” anytime soon. So my question for you folks is: where does “a real sale” start – 10 percent off? 20 percent off?

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244/2 "2011-07-16T14:48:29Z")

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40% off? My work laptop, a Lenovo, is about a year old and now listed 50% off, $300 from $600.

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**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244/3 "2011-07-16T16:51:41Z")

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IMO a minimum of 25% off the original price (not any % off an inflated-just-before-the-sale-price)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-real-sale/589244/4 "2011-07-17T00:41:05Z")

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Opinions. You want opinions? Moving this from GQ to IMHO.

**samclem** , Moderator