In store sale offers savings of negative ten dollars

Funny store sign offers -$10 savings on "Grand Walk In Kitchen." Link (Via Consumerist)

[#1 posted by williamk , December 3, 2007 11:30 AM]

The sign was originally posted up on The Consumerist back on Nov 5th.

Thanks Mark! Made my day to see my picture up on BoingBoing. Now my children can finally be proud of their father :)

[#2 posted by Ivan , December 3, 2007 11:31 AM]

As was commented on Reddit: "at least the programmers got it right"

[#3 posted by Mark Frauenfelder , December 3, 2007 11:46 AM]

Thanks, William! I added the Consumerist link to the ppost: http://consumerist.com/consumer/badvertising/toys-r-us-invites-you-to-save-[phone].php

[#4 posted by Father Brown , December 3, 2007 12:44 PM]

marginally cute: yes

funny: no

funny is: Chris Rock
funny is: Rodney Dangerfield
funny is: Charlie Chaplin
funny is: Phyllis Diller

little mistake on a sign: not funny

marginally cute: yes

funny: no

[#5 posted by sensual_otter , December 3, 2007 2:15 PM]

Thanks, Father Brown. I was unsure whether to laugh or not, but you've sorted me out.

[#6 posted by Krisjohn , December 3, 2007 2:26 PM]

I found something similar at a local Toys Rus back in June.

[#7 posted by amberica20 , December 3, 2007 3:15 PM]

but wait, i thought this was funny, and one time i watched a scene from a charlie chaplin movie and didn't think it was funny! what's wrong with me, father brown?

could you tell me what's good for dinner, too? i was gonna have pizza, but now my whole world is off-balance and i-- i just don't know what to think.

man, i created a profile just to reply to your comment.

[#8 posted by melissa , December 3, 2007 4:00 PM]

pfft, i thought it was funny. i can imagine people not noticing they weren't saving crap.

[#9 posted by Rashomon , December 3, 2007 6:20 PM]

Funny, yes.

Chris Rock is hilarious
Rodney Dangerfield is fidgety
Charlie Chaplin is poignant
Phyllis Diller is wacky

[#10 posted by mrfitz , December 3, 2007 6:33 PM]

Big deal, (algebraic) sign confusion.

[#11 posted by Yum_Yum_Kittyloaf , December 3, 2007 6:46 PM]

Just looks like someone messed up when making it. I make signs at a store and they have different fields for sale and regular price. Looks like their program dosn't stop it from making a silly mistake like that, not to mention it's funny the person putting it up didn't notice...

[#12 posted by devoinregress , December 3, 2007 7:48 PM]

I don't see the error here. It is $10 more expensive so you save -$10. Maybe they should have put the negative in front of the dollar sign but the math is correct.
I just want to watch all the costumers who only know Verizon math.

[#13 posted by stationwagontodd , December 3, 2007 10:28 PM]

The math may be correct, but one would not normally consider a $10 price jump a "sale".

[#14 posted by xlt , December 4, 2007 6:00 AM]

We have a lot ads like this in Latvia: "Disceount -10$" or "Save up to -25%".