Wow, Pop Ups are now a rip off!

wmoses wrote:
Bad deal is no deal unless it is made. Just like a ripoff is not a ripoff until you sign on the dotted line. ;) We face this nonsense every day in this consumer society inwhich we live with their constant so-called "sales" ... "oh look it is marked down 75% off ... what a great deal!" when it was marked up 150% to start with. MSRP are figments of the imaginations of some and no one should pay them any mind.

Apparently people wouldn't know a good deal if it slapped them in the face. In your example, if true cost was $100.00 and the item had a 150% markup, retail price would be $250.00. Offer a 75% discount, sale price would be $62.50, which is $37.50 BELOW cost. Not a bad deal. It really does pay to have stayed awake during math class.