Saturday, August 02, 2025

Call for Judgment: Special Offer Asterisk

In “Signatures”, replace “if the Signature Dish is less than 25% cheaper or 25% more expensive” with:-

if the Signature Dish is more expensive (but no more than 25% more expensive)

Uphold the “reads the menu” step of the Sale action for the Lamb Pita and Pork Chicken Wrap, in the Tuesday Night Night Action.

There are a couple of ambiguities with how Signature Dish prices are compared:

  • Does “less than 25% cheaper” mean “less than 75% of the price”, “between 75-100% of the price” or (at a stretch) “anywhere above 75% of the price” (“this $20 kebab is less than 25% cheaper than the $7 kebab, because it is not cheaper at all”)
  • Does “less than 25% cheaper or 25% more expensive” mean “less than 25% cheaper (whatever that means) or less than 25% more expensive”, or “less than 25% cheaper (whatever that means), or exactly 25% more expensive”?

Tuesday Night sales had one Truck’s Signature Dish priced at 33% more than the selected one ($8 vs $6 for the Lamb Pita), and another 25% more expensive ($20 vs $16 for the Pork Chicken Wrap). I chose to interpret the rule as meaning “between 75-100% of the price, or exactly 25% more expensive” when applying it - the Wrap had the effect applied and the Pita did not.

This CfJ upholds that reading, and applies a simpler rewording of the rule that fits within that interpretation. (I think we can just skip the case where a Truck deliberately prices a regular item slightly above their Signature Dish, rather than slightly below it.)

Was I right to read it that way?

Comments

Trapdoorspyder: he/him

02-08-2025 14:47:40 UTC

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JonathanDark: he/him

02-08-2025 16:05:27 UTC

I mentioned this before, but no one seemed to care. Glad to see that it’s been properly raised as an issue.

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DoomedIdeas: he/him

02-08-2025 16:57:31 UTC

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Clucky: he/him

02-08-2025 18:52:07 UTC

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Vovix: he/him

02-08-2025 19:18:05 UTC

I’m reading this (admittedly awkward) wording as “the difference in price between the signature item and the chosen item is less than 25% in either direction” (so a range of 75%-125%, exclusive). The “(Less than 25% cheaper) or (25% more expensive)” reading is syntactically valid, but “less than (25% cheaper or 25% more expensive)” is much more natural in my opinion.  against

Nolemeldo:

02-08-2025 20:24:20 UTC

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