£2m tent sale

What does that mean? £2m of discounts? what the stock is originally worth? What I will save on one tent? What they hope to make on the sale?

I do wonder about all these figures on the telly: “Removes 100% more plaque!” Does that mean other toothbrushes remove none?

Also, x% of cyclists jump lights. Really? How do they separate the other y% of themselves?

74% of 56 women on one advert prefer…. Work it out. 😀

60 percent of the time, it works every time.

Karinofnine – Member
What does that mean? £2m of discounts?

It means the outdoor business among other is having the worse spring to early summer since probably foot and mouth, so they have two million quid over stock that they’ll be blowing out on deals…

It really has been the perfect storm of terrible economic combined with climate conditions for seasonal businesses like the outdoor world.

Now is the summer of their discount tent.

if dentists make their money from people with unhealthy teeth, why would i want to buy something 5 out of 6 dentists reccomend?

igrf – very good indeed.

Now is the summer of their discount tent.

very very good.

Now is the summer of their discount tent.

groan…

but very very good…

My shit works most of the time.

BadBoys l

IIRC the original was something along the lines of “Now is the winter of our discount tent.”

Blacks?

“Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.” Homer J Simpson

theblackmount – Member

IIRC the original was something along the lines of “Now is the winter of our discount tent.”

Blacks?
I bet you get invited to loads of parties… 😛

17% more plump….

What does that mean? £2m of discounts? what the stock is originally worth? What I will save on one tent? What they hope to make on the sale?

normally they will take the total RRP of all the total stock they hold, then take the total of all the sales prices – the £2m is the difference. i.e. they’ve discounted their entire tent stock by £2m.

I do wonder about all these figures on the telly: “Removes 100% more plaque!” Does that mean other toothbrushes remove none?

basic maths here. let’s say an average toothbrush removes 20mg of plaque over a period of time. if the super toothbrush removes 40mg, then it removes 100% more than an average toothbrush. they could just say “twice as much plaque”

incidentally, if an average toothbrush removes no plaque, then a toothbrush removing 100% more plaque would still not be removing any plaque 🙂

my favourite is the new international standard of measuring stuff in double decker buses or football pitches,

this building is the height of X double decker buses,

the festival arena is the size of Y football pitches,

Now is the summer of their discount tent.

bravo!

The Register defined new journo unit standards a few years ago, including bags of sugar, double decker buses, football pitches, etc. Can’t find the article at the mo…

Ten times the size of Wales