Nothing makes me quite so mad as to see advertisements suggesting that if you buy at the given discount, -- be it 10%, 30%, 70% whatever% -- you would "Save! Save! Save!" or "Save More!".
Nothing could be further from the truth, if you don't need the goods on sale!
If you buy on the premise that you'd be saving but have no or immediate use for the purchase, then you are not saving but actually wasting money.
So instead of saving 10% or 70%, you would in fact be throwing away 90% or 30%.
Even if you do need the item on sale, do check if the price hasn't been marked up first!
Because if the shop or supermarket has already marked up the prices, then the discount would be illusory.
Even if the prices haven't been marked up, that particular shop or supermarket might be selling stuff that's more expensive than available else where. In that case, what it offers in discount may merely match its competitors' prices.
The bottom line is this: know your prices and your needs.
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