Don asked: "But back to your retail trade: if they advertise a 150% discount directly, without referring to the sequence of three 50% discounts, might they not be liable to legal action for misrepresentation?"
Perhaps in the distant past, when our government attempted to protect the rights of consumers, but things seem a lot different now. ;-) Karl W. ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================