Hehe, any time I see an advertisement for a massive sale, e.g. "buy one get one" or "half off" I always jokingly think "yeah, and the regular price mysteriously doubled last night too " I get a kick hearing my suspicions confirmed on that sort of thing.Working in retail, this is so true. We have "sales" all the time on items that "used" to be $1,500, but "now" it's $1,000, saving $500. Yet we've never had that TV before.
I hate the word "save." When people buy stuff on sale they're like "ER MA GAWD I SAVED $50!!!!!!!" And I'm like "No, saving is taking money and putting it in the bank. You spent $50 less than you would have." In which case most of the time they reply "Well I had to buy it anyway, so I'd rather spend $50 less."meant to show how our reasoning on everyday decisions can be skewed by bad habits.