I have been tempted to post this for several days/weeks. I've managed to restrain myself, but I cannot any longer. Whenever I drive into the city, especially when going to South Philly, I take Penrose Avenue (knowing where this street is located is irrelevant to the rest of the post). On the one underpass, there are several signs which talk about the sale of the Inquirer. I can never remember the exact wording, but basically in large print the poster says that there is a special of two for $1.50. In a smaller print, it says that the price is 75 cents for a single copy.
This bothers me every time I see it. I'm constantly thinking there is something that I am just not getting about this (so if someone understands this, let me know) because it can't be that they are trying to make a special out of the cost of two papers. See, I understand that if you buy two you would get a discount, and I would not have a problem if this was the advertisement. However, it isn't. They are just advertising the price of two papers as a special. You don't save anything by buying two. So I just don't get it.
I usually pull up by these signs at a red light and the whole time I just stare at them and try to figure them out. It seems so simple to understand, but I can't comprehend that they are really trying to dupe Philly residents. So I think I must not be understanding, but I can figure out no way that this sign would make sense.
And this is really boggling my mind to no end...
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