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is my district the only one pushing the new 2 soda, 1 popcorn bucket for $4.99 promotion? i want to know because i have a serious problem with it: i'm not in the business to jip customers.

it's been selling fairly easy, most likely because the $2.22 soda display has been taken down and replaced with the new promotion. we have to keep track of them like presales/rewards so, of course, i do my job and try to sell as much as i can. but after selling 7 on my own last night, i suddenly realized i had jipped customers each time.

sodas still come up in the system at 2 for $2.22. popcorn buckets are $2.49 each. together, they are 4.71 (no tax on food in my city). the promotion adds a random 28 cents to that total. so i made Blockbuster an extra $1.96 off of a promotion that adds no worth last night. if i were to sell that much every shift i worked last week, that would be nearly $8. if every CSR at my store were to do the same, the total would be roughly $50 a week.

i wonder what Blockbuster plans to do with the extra $50 coming in every week. new uniforms maybe?
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Unread January 10th, 2009, 09:30 AM
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You can't factor in a discounted price of sodas into that. The value of those goods would really be
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Otherwise it's kind of like complaining that movies are 3 for 20 but you can't get one for $6.66. Yes, it's a promotion. Additionally, the point of these bundles is to move additional goods, so perhaps they might have only bought 2 of the 3 items otherwise. As far as what's Blockbuster going to do with its revenue, how about not go bankrupt.
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Well, it's not a problem if you consider the sodas to sell at their single price, even though the savings then is just a few cents. Also, I've never known the computer to add money to a promotion. But I'll look into this today. Whether or not it's wrong depends on if we still have any 2/2.22 signage up. If we don't, then that promotion isn't valid and the computer is doing it as a mistake.
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Okay, we don't have any 2/$2.22 signage up, so technically you do save money with the deal. It's not wrong, it's just cheap and lame, which is no different than the average BB promotion.
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Unless the price of popcorn has gone up, customers save a whole $.19!
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sure, at the original 1.49 singular pricing, there is an actual discount.

but if you scan 2 sodas first and hit total, the discounted price rings up @ 2.22 still. if you hit total again and add a popcorn bucket, the total becomes $4.71. i had this naturally occur when customers purchased 2 sodas, at which i suggested the promotion for an extra popcorn, hitting below the actual 4.99 amount.
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but if you scan 2 sodas first and hit total, the discounted price rings up @ 2.22 still
Solution: Don't do that.
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Unread January 10th, 2009, 11:50 PM
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my store...the 2.22 doesnt do it anymore...we tested it to see if that is still active, and it is not.
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yep, they just fixed it yesterday morning at our store actually. no more 2 for 2.22.
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yep, they just fixed it yesterday morning at our store actually. no more 2 for 2.22.
There ya go, problem solved. Just go back to selling the promotion like a good employee....(Although it is a lame promotion)
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