Blog: Two for £2 or £1 each…
Tuesday 6th July 2010, 8:27AM BST.
On the counter in my local petrol station there is a small pyramid made from several cans of a well-known energy drink (the sort that will turn the average, well-behaved child into the little girl from The Exorcist), and lying in front of those cans there is a sign.
This is what says: “Two for two pounds, or one pound each.”
Now, I’ve been thinking about this all morning. “Two for two pounds, or one pound each.”
So, that’s one pound for one can, or two cans for two pounds.
I’ve been thinking about it so much that I’ve started to doubt myself now. I’m not exactly Stephen Hawking, but even so, am I missing something?
I love a bargain as much as anyone, but surely if you’re advertising something as a bargain then there has to be some form of bargain on offer?
Now, had it said “Two for two pounds, or £1.25 each”, then clearly one could see the point of the offer. But “Two for two pounds, or one pound each”? Why not just have a sign that says: “Energy drink: £1 a can.” (Actually, make that: “Can full of sugar and God alone knows what else which will rot your teeth and send your offspring to an early grave: £1 a can.”)
What’s next? “Ten for ten pounds, or £1 each”? Or “A dozen cans for a dozen pounds, or one pound each”?
I wonder how many motorists have driven away, clutching their “bargain”, and thought to themselves: “Two for two pounds, or one pound each?
“Damn, I should have bought five.”
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