Too Bad You Missed The -6571% Off Sale
Check out the fantastic Deal of the Day that reader C found at rugsale.com. An error put a rug's original price at $1.50 (as opposed to probably $150) meaning that it's on sale for only -6571% off.
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I think that each $1.50 increase in price would be "-100%" off. So, since a price of $99.99 is a $98.49 increase, it would be -6566% off. ($98.49/1.50 x 100)
Although my math gets me close, I can't figure out why it is showing -6571% off though.
It should be $98.57. Double fail.
@misterfuss: It's probably not stored as a percentage, just as the regular ratio (e.g., -65.66) and then you can get all sorts of weird rounding errors.
awesome, what a discount!!!!
who buys rugs these days?
But the shipping is free!
@AppleAlex: i need to buy a rug - my dog is afraid of the new kitchen floor. it makes him look like a big fat bambi on ice.
wish i'd known about this sale sooner... hehe
An error put a rug's original price at $1.50 (as opposed to probably $150)
A 4'x6' rug is $150? I've never had occasion to even look at buying a rug, but that seems to be about five times what I would expect to pay at the most. Why is this so expensive?
@catastrophegirl - brand new homeowner: When my dog runs downstairs, and tries to make the turn, and slips.......hilarious.
@Canino: Well, you'd be surprised at how much most rugs can actually cost. You can find rugs smaller than that for well over $100, and even up to $1000.
ONLY ONE LEFT!?!?! by JEEEZ, I shouldn't wait on that fantastic bargain, holding my debit card now....!!
(Hands shaking uncontrollably with excitement as I enter my card numbers into the website....)
Yeah, who buys rugs? Why buy when you can make? I raise my own sheep and gather their wool. I spin it into thread and dye it with my own naturally grown plant dyes. Then I weave it into rugs. It costs a little more and takes more time, but we should all do for ourselves when we can. Why pay someone else to do what you can do for yourself?
Seems like an obvious typo for the original price, right? Probably $150...
@AppleAlex: I like rugs. they're a much cheaper way to change decor in a room. And also, to cover up the grape juice stain (oops!).
@ScarletsWalk: I was hoping to get some rugs soon, but I need to save up enough money to buy the land and then the sheep. Once I do that, we should talk....Maybe we could share dye recipes!
@Canino: It does claim to be "hand tufted," whatever that means. $150 for a 4x6 doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
@verucalise: I don't think it's the excitement making your hands shake. Prolly all that Dn'D coffee.
@AppleAlex: People who rent who can't change the flooring they have but want something different?
Can we have one story that doesn't include a comment of "Who does/buys/shops at/eats at X anymore?" I thought it was actually against the commenting code or does that not apply anymore?
$1.50 sounds more reasonable to me. Maybe the sale price should be $.99? Has the sale ended yet? I might take 1 for a buck-fifty.
@Canino: I was definitely surprised at how much they cost. I was delighted to find a 4x6 at Ikea for about $20. It was on sale, and only available in brown, but it worked.
@Chmeeee: 'Hand tufted' or 'handmade' on rugs skeeves me out*. With rugs that have a pattern or look more oriental, hand-made means it's likely some poor child in terrible conditions made them. Unlikely with this kind of plain rug, but it's still creepy to think of someone making industrial products by hand.
*Unless they are artisanal rugs. Then I'm ok with it.
My math may be wrong, but wouldn't it be -66.66% off?