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div0 said:
So in your example - you are assuming that you get £20 change,
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I didn't say you'd get £20 cash.

I know that if you buy something from a store using a gift card that costs less than the total balance you're not given cash for the difference, you're just simply left with the balance on the gift card.

I.e I have a £50 game gift card and buy a ps4 game at £40 I have £10 left on the gift card.

The one thing I did not think about though that two of you have brought up is the fact that thread starter could then use the remaining £25 on the gift card to claim yet more discount. I.e buy another item the following week and claim 20%
 
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Carabia83 said:
But thread starter is left with £25 credit on his card. In total the drill cost him £75 as he still has £25 quid left from the original £100 quid he spent. Yes it's on a gift card but ultimately he's spent £100 quid on a gift card and still has £25 quid left to spend in store.

40% of £125 is £50. £125 minus £50 is £75
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This is where you're getting it wrong. You're valuing the £25 left on the card without taking into account the discount - how much it actually cost him. He has 25/125ths of the original £100 left, which is 1/5th or £20.

So the drill cost him £80.
36% of £125 is £45. £125 minus £45 is £80.
 
The way this is being worked out is the same as that old riddle.

Three people go into a restaurant for lunch. They each only have a £10 note.

They order 3 lunchtime specials.

The waiter brings the bill and it comes to £25.

The three people discuss how they can split the change easily.

One of them suggests leaving the waiter a £2 tip. This then leaves them with £3 change that they can split equally among each other.

One of them then says that the lunchtime special has cost them £9 each. As they had £10 and are left with £1 so they have spent £9 at lunch.

£9 mulitplyed by 3 is £27 plus the £2 tip equals £29.

Where's the missing pound???
 
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Carabia83 said:
The way this is being worked out is the same as that old riddle.

Three people go into a restaurant for lunch. They each only have a £10 note.

They order 3 lunchtime specials.

The waiter brings the bill and it comes to £25.

The three people discuss how they can split the change easily.

One of them suggests leaving the waiter a £2 tip. This then leaves them with £3 change that they can split equally among each other.

One of them then says that the lunchtime special has cost them £9 each. As they had £10 and are left with £1 so they have spent £9 at lunch.

£9 mulitplyed by 3 is £27 plus the £2 tip equals £29.

Where's the missing pound???
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Not sure, has the OP stolen it?
 
Carabia83 said:
The way this is being worked out is the same as that old riddle.

Three people go into a restaurant for lunch. They each only have a £10 note.

They order 3 lunchtime specials.

The waiter brings the bill and it comes to £25.

The three people discuss how they can split the change easily.

One of them suggests leaving the waiter a £2 tip. This then leaves them with £3 change that they can split equally among each other.

One of them then says that the lunchtime special has cost them £9 each. As they had £10 and are left with £1 so they have spent £9 at lunch.

£9 mulitplyed by 3 is £27 plus the £2 tip equals £29.

Where's the missing pound???
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Sounds like Something Gus Goreman did in Superman 3 :D

BTW how did the bill come to £25 if they had 3 x meals @ £9 per meal??
 
Carabia83 said:
The way this is being worked out is the same as that old riddle.

Three people go into a restaurant for lunch. They each only have a £10 note.

They order 3 lunchtime specials.

The waiter brings the bill and it comes to £25.

The three people discuss how they can split the change easily.

One of them suggests leaving the waiter a £2 tip. This then leaves them with £3 change that they can split equally among each other.

One of them then says that the lunchtime special has cost them £9 each. As they had £10 and are left with £1 so they have spent £9 at lunch.

£9 mulitplyed by 3 is £27 plus the £2 tip equals £29.

Where's the missing pound???
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Why didn't they pay with a discounted gift voucher?
 
Carabia83 said:
The way this is being worked out is the same as that old riddle.

Three people go into a restaurant for lunch. They each only have a £10 note.

They order 3 lunchtime specials.

The waiter brings the bill and it comes to £25.

The three people discuss how they can split the change easily.

One of them suggests leaving the waiter a £2 tip. This then leaves them with £3 change that they can split equally among each other.

One of them then says that the lunchtime special has cost them £9 each. As they had £10 and are left with £1 so they have spent £9 at lunch.

£9 mulitplyed by 3 is £27 plus the £2 tip equals £29.

Where's the missing pound???
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eh what? makes no sense...
£30 (what the 3 people put in) = £9x3 + £3 (change) = £25 + £2 (tip) + £3 (change)

there is no £9x3 + £2 lol
 
Neodite said:
Buy a £100 gift card for £80. You have saved £20.

Go to the checkout with a £100 drill and pass them your £100 voucher and your discount card, drill now costs £80 and you have £20 change.

The £20 you saved at the start + the £20 change = £40.

I see how you are working out your way, but dont see how that would happen in real terms.

Bah nvm ignore me, reading back my own post made it click, durrr.
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One fatal error in there - no store will give you cash back off a voucher transaction. You get another £20 voucher back for the remainder, which cost £16 in cold hard cash.

I refer you back to my post a few days ago. When stacking two 20% discounts, it's only 36% on diminishing returns.
 
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ZXSpectrum said:
Sounds like Something Gus Goreman did in Superman 3 :D

BTW how did the bill come to £25 if they had 3 x meals @ £9 per meal??
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Well the bill came to £25. That is fixed.

They each had a £10 note. They gave that to the waiter, he came back with £5 change.

They weren't sure how to split it equally, so one of them suggests leaving £2 of the £5 as a tip. That left £3, which they split equally amongst themselves so they had £1 back.

So they gave a £10 note and got £1 back, which led one of them to say lunch has cost them £9.When they worked it out it didn't add up. As they done 3 x £9 which equaled £27 plus the £2 given to the waiter only made £29
 
tamzzy said:
eh what? makes no sense...
£30 (what the 3 people put in) = £9x3 + £3 (change) = £25 + £2 (tip) + £3 (change)

there is no £9x3 + £2 lol
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The bill came to £25. They gave £10 each, so the waiter was given £30.

he brought back £5 change, they gave him £2, and kept £3. They each got £1 back. So 3 of them have spent £9 each, 3 x 9 is £27 plus £2 is £29.
 
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