Posted 5 July 2023
City Plumbing pricing doesn't make sense
Hello wondering if someone could do a sanity check
I am trying to make a purchase from CityPlumbing but their pricing doesnt make sense and wondering if it's a system error or i simply do not understand how they work.
I am purchasing 2 of each items at
£179.52 inc vat (£149.60 ex vat)
£83.62 inc vat (£69.68 ex vat)
Total £526.28
but this is where it gets confusing.
the total at checkout is as follows
Price before offer applied £501.58
Savings -£83.92
Subtotal ex vat £417.66
Delivery £0.00
Promo Codes APPYDAYS15 £83.92
VAT £83.53
Total (Ex.VAT) £417.66
Total (Inc.VAT) £501.19
Maybe it's late and brain wants to sleep but by my calculations, the price should be
£ 447.34 if discount is applied inc vat <<< this is the price I'm expecting to pay
Or
£ 447.33 if discount is applied to ex vat with vat applied on top
Is this a problem with their site or me failing to understand it all?
P.S CityPlumbings app is terrible!
I am trying to make a purchase from CityPlumbing but their pricing doesnt make sense and wondering if it's a system error or i simply do not understand how they work.
I am purchasing 2 of each items at
£179.52 inc vat (£149.60 ex vat)
£83.62 inc vat (£69.68 ex vat)
Total £526.28
but this is where it gets confusing.
the total at checkout is as follows
Price before offer applied £501.58
Savings -£83.92
Subtotal ex vat £417.66
Delivery £0.00
Promo Codes APPYDAYS15 £83.92
VAT £83.53
Total (Ex.VAT) £417.66
Total (Inc.VAT) £501.19
Maybe it's late and brain wants to sleep but by my calculations, the price should be
£ 447.34 if discount is applied inc vat <<< this is the price I'm expecting to pay
Or
£ 447.33 if discount is applied to ex vat with vat applied on top
Is this a problem with their site or me failing to understand it all?
P.S CityPlumbings app is terrible!
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7 Comments
sorted by£526.28 exclusive of VAT even minus 15% discount is not £450 (or thereabouts)
Should be £536.
There is another discount in there somewhere
Post the product numbers (edited)
538442
544066
Shower and towel radiator.
Just as a side point, whether you apply VAT first or discount code first, you should still end up at the same point with percentages (barring rounding errors like you have in your calculations). It's only fixed value discounts that change the outcome based on the order. (edited)
Think the issue was with the app, although their CS said they don't add additional discount on discounted items but I'm not seeing the double discount as screenshot in my earlier post. (edited)