What a deal!

If only the computer pricing software was able to print the "Save Over" line in cents.

Honestly, I think this really comes down to someone with a database trusting that when the value between NEW_PRICE and OLD_PRICE is

And that's why I love shopping at Toys R Us! They're so honest and forthright!

Look close! You actually save one whole penny!

What a deal! Buy two and double your savings!

Wait - is that deal available online too? That way I could actually save less than zero.

Save over zero > saved by zero?

That's a real clearance blowout! One whole penny. Really, you'd think someone would look at how that sign printed out and just not put it up.

Sign me up!

But seriously, who would go through all the trouble of printing and putting up that sign?

If you don't buy one are you saved by zero?

I know, it doesn't make sense.

Whats the catch?

Buy now, and get a free plastic bag with your purchase!*

*limit one bag per customer

@JaneMonart: This is retail i assume you've never worked retail.

You have to talk to your boss who then talks to his boss and his boss and his boss. Even if you can find a direct number to marketing or whatever department this would be, the odds of them responding quickly are slim to none. And when they do they'll say it'll be noted, or the software can't do it, or the budget isn't there. Or if they do fix it you won't get the credit for it, and they'll be horrible communication about it.

so no an 8 dollar an hour worker isn't really gonna give a damn if the sign says save over 0 dollars in fact i bet that's who took the photo.

A penny saved is a penny earned, I guess.

Side note: 2009 Bionicle impulse sets in the background! Woo!

@B: pretty much anything at all > saved by zero

I can't even save $.01, because the Toys R Us near us closed a couple years ago. You knew they were in bad shape because they were closing in the midst of a console generation transition. You've got to be doing badly when customers are literally waiting outside the store for the better part of a week just to give you money.

@Skankingmike: Right on all counts. Retail can be an extremely frustrating business if you are on the bottom rungs.

I can't determine which is of less value, yet another sign misprint post or the savings reflected on such a post.

@Skankingmike:
Indeed. I would even garner a bet that not only do the hourlies not give a damn, and that they took the picture, but more that they were PROUD to put it up.

@dragonfire81: I've seen DM's of mine not even know what's going on it's quite funny.

There's a time when a company gets too big and mine is at that point. The one hand has no idea what the other hand does. We're too diverse and there is redundancy and confusion which just gets passed onto customers. I feel bad for some of them, but retail really makes you hate the human race.

once upon a time retail employees had free will and were encouraged to use their minds to spot things that might make the store look stupid.
when that stopped happening, i stopped working retail.

Well, this is about right for their clearance sale. I went in this weekend, and didn't find anything on sale, other than kids clothing, even though those signs were everywhere. Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to the cent off.

Clearance items probably all end in "8" so when this item went on clearance the system was triggered to print out a new sign. No real conspiracy here boys and girls.

Saaaaaave over zerooooo!

This sale just may end the world... $(save/0) ? You're dividing by zero there, pals.

@Yankees368: What would it say? It couldn't say "Over $0.01", maybe "An Amount Equal To Or Greater Than $0.01"

@ludwigk: there is nearly zero profit on a console sale - they make their money on controllers and cables.

@Scatter: no one is calling it a conspiracy - it is simply funny.

It could be worse - the sign could say "Save up to $0"

@JaneMonart: Most people that work at Toys R Us are either fresh out of high school, in the middle of college, or they are slowly working their way through the ranks towards management. Years ago when I worked there, many of us were community college folks that just did this to fill the tank and get a deal on video games as they came out.

The moment you begin to take that position seriously is the day you either:

a) Resign to the notion you'll eventually be a supervisor at Toys R Us

b) Get the hell out of Dodge, find a real job.

I picked 'B'.

/Honestly, it's things like this that make the day easier to swallow, so why 'fix it'?

@Blue387: An associate with too much time on their hands, that either reads up on similar cases on the Fail Blog, Consumerist, etc. Figuring this would be up in a matter of hours, they gleefully set the stage for what would undoubtedly be an amusing round of commentary.

Or, it really was some idiot that didn't know better. Hope they lost their job.

I saw the same thing at my Toys R Us store. Just didn't have a camera with me.

Imagine all the layers of bureaucracy this had to pass through before it even made it here... first someone had to authorize the sale, then someone had to print this up, then someone had to put it up... all of them, fools.

@BluePlastic: Probably because they don't have another pricing sign with the correct new price. They may not be able to just print an ordinary price sign without the savings message. And many stores do not allow handmade signs to reduce errors and prevent an employee from marking things down by putting up signs.

@tmlfan81: you assume they wouldn't want to be a supervisor or manager.

You do realize that most store Managers make more than you're gonna make first year out of college hell first 6 years out of college.

Example: my wife's best friends husband.... he works as a manager at Wendy's he makes 65K a year. and another example. My best friends brother works for Staples as the store manager, he makes 90+ a year and gets around 8 thousand in bonuses. So really not a bad gig if you get it so you shouldn't knock them.

That being said I'm paying for college by working retail but i did contemplate working my way up once or twice.. its' the whole hating people thing that keeps me from going that path.

@BluePlastic: I think they just don't give a shit. It is Toys R Us after all. The only person there that cares about their job is the manager.

@cuchanu: The manager should be embarrassed then!

@Miguel Valdespino: Not sure why they would have reduced it by a penny. The sign apparently will print with this kind of ridiculous message on it and who is going to get that excited about a penny savings on a toy purchase that they are going to go out of their way to buy it at Toys 'R Us vs some other store? If it was something you bought often maybe the savings would add up, but how many Batmobiles is someone going to buy?

@Scatter: Why would they even bother to mark it down 1 penny? Why not just leave it the way it is unless you're really going to mark it down enough to get someone's attention.