n00b question but how do i calculate the PM??

[mack]

hey...i'm really n00b at PMing and i was windering how it would be calculated???.....i would like to do some price matching at Stooples......sorry if this is a repost but there so much threads here i cant seem the find the answer....

thanks in advance!!!
:D

[aquariaguy]

Wrong forum. Post it in the off topic. People will help you than.

[BoxsterS]

hey...i'm really n00b at PMing and i was windering how it would be calculated???.....i would like to do some price matching at Stooples......sorry if this is a repost but there so much threads here i cant seem the find the answer....

thanks in advance!!!
:D

You need to buy the Staples PM application I wrote in FORTRAN. There's also a COBOL version. If you work for the DOD, I can also supply an ADA version.

[D.NGUYEN]

HAHAHAHHAHA!!!! wOOt for Comp Sci. In before lock.
You need to buy the Staples PM application I wrote in FORTRAN. There's also a COBOL version. If you work for the DOD, I can also supply an ADA version.

[mrken]

You need to buy the Staples PM application I wrote in FORTRAN. There's also a COBOL version. If you work for the DOD, I can also supply an ADA version.
Why all those languages?

mack, since you suggested that you are a n00b, stick with Visual Basic for now. As your skill progresses, you may like to consider .NET.

:razz:

I would not consider somebody with 250 posts a n00b... Cracked account? :lol:

If you cannot place a thread in the right location, I do not think you should be writing any programmes for now.

[v00d00]

These "in before lock" lines are just ********...

[Iron Chef Ajax]

Search PM Staples lots of how to's to read.

[D.NGUYEN]

yes they are stupid lol. First time i ever said it. lol. Anyways. Visual Basic is too hard maybe Q-Basic

[llcooljayce]

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[ChinpokoMon]

In before lock but here's how you calculate PM:

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)

z = x - 1.5*(x-y)

what you pay = z + applicable taxes

[BoxsterS]

In before lock but here's how you calculate PM:

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)

z = x - 1.5*(x-y)

what you pay = z + applicable taxes

You realize that I can sue you for reverse engineering my Staples PM mathematical algorithms under the DMCA law don't you?

[ChinpokoMon]

You realize that I can sue you for reverse engineering my Staples PM mathematical algorithms under the DMCA law don't you?

Wait a minute.......DMCA shouldn't apply here, unless you're an American. ;)

[robinto]

:arrowl: ******** :cry:

[mrken]

You realize that I can sue you for reverse engineering my Staples PM mathematical algorithms under the DMCA law don't you?
I can sue you for replying to this thread, and I can sue mack for posting this informative deal.

:arrowl: ******** :cry:
Last edited by robinto : Jun 24th, 2005 at 12:15 AM.
I am also going to sue robinto for taking ten minutes to edit the post into one word and two smilies.

However, I doubt I will win any of the cases... :D

My DNS is up again, and so here is my best-loved threadlocker:
http://www.mrkenneth.com/RFD/tl

[Tilter]

I was searching staples and I couldn't find conditions for their PM.

For Example, i saw a Wireless Keyboard @ BB for $50 off -sale i guess ($70) but its $120 @ STOOPLES.

would I get it for $45 @ Stooples if I showed them my receipt?

[ChinpokoMon]

I was searching staples and I couldn't find conditions for their PM.


http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Static/static_pages.asp?pagename=help_policy_pricematch

[GreenWeenie]

In before lock but here's how you calculate PM:

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)

z = x - 1.5*(x-y)

what you pay = z + applicable taxesBzzzz ... wrong answer. And Boxter... looks like you're using the DMCA to protect a flawed algorithm!

You neglected the $50 max credit constraint. And you need to subtract the discount from the competitor's price to avoid errors when the max discount rule comes into effect.

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)
z = final price at staples

z = y - MIN(50, (x-y)/2)

btw
WRONG FORUM

[ZSupraZ]

In before lock but here's how you calculate PM:

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)

z = x - 1.5*(x-y)

what you pay = z + applicable taxes

Your formula for PMing seems wrong. You first have to match the price, and then follow your logic. eg. x= Staples price
y=competitor's price (less than x)
let x = y
z=x-1.5*(x-y)
z + taxes=payment

[llcooljayce]

How is this HOT deal not locked?

[GreenWeenie]

How is this HOT deal not locked?Mods are asleep at the keyboard.... has been reported for movement to correct forum.

[mack]

umm....okayyyyyyyyyyy...anyways....as i said before i'm a n00b at PM not RFD...as i have not attempt to pm before in my life....thanks to only a few of you....i now know how to calculate this PM thingy.....mods...you guys can lock this thread if ya like.....and sorry for the wrong forum....i thought it would be logical to post where all the pm's are at....

@mrken
have fun sueing :twisted:

[peterbrowne]

Let the total cost be t.
Let the price at Staples be s.
Let the price at Staples' Competitor be c.
Let the total tax rate in your province be r.

t=(c-0.5(s-c))+(c-0.5(s-c)/100*r)
if 0.5(s-c) = 50 <
then t=(c-50)+(c-50/100*r)

[v00d00]

t=[{c-0.5(s-c)}+tax]-MIR
... couple additions

Edit: Oh you edited to include tax.. well one addition anyway, if applicable.

[wanted]

Staples= S | Comp.= C |Difference= D | Amt off = OFF

Difference= S(price) - C(price)
Amt off= D * 1.5 (if D >50 then, error 01010101)
Total Cost = S - OFF


hmmm. should've wrote this in VB lol :rolleyes:

[GreenWeenie]

Staples= S | Comp.= C |Difference= D | Amt off = OFF

Difference= S(price) - C(price)
Amt off= D * 1.5 (if D >50 then, error 01010101)
Total Cost = S - OFF


hmmm. should've wrote this in VB lol :rolleyes:Nope ... another incorrect answer. The error condition only comes up when Diff > 100, not when the diff in price is > 50.

As I posted above:

x = Staples price
y = competitor's price (less than x)
z = final price at staples

z = y - MIN(50, (x-y)/2)

In english, take the difference in prices, divide it in half. The discount is the lessor of that amount or $50. Subtract this discount from the competitors price. Gives your Staples Price Matched price. Add shipping and taxes as necessary.

[wanted]

Nope ... another incorrect answer. The error condition only comes up when Diff > 100, not when the diff in price is > 50.


Most people working at Staples probably don't know that theres a max. :D

[peterbrowne]

Most people working at Staples probably don't know that theres a max. :D
but their cash register does

[wanted]

but their cash register does


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