0.002 cents != 0.002 dollars

Garp · 09-12-2006, 13:24

http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/

Sometimes you have to wonder about some companys and their sales team. Why is it so hard to understand that 0.002 cents is different from 0.002 dollars?

(.002 (U.S. cents / kb)) times 35 893 kb = 0.71786 U.S. dollars

(.002 (U.S. dollars / kb)) times 35 893 kb = 71.78600 U.S. dollars

What kind of people struggle with that sort of concept?

Burble · 09-12-2006, 13:27

I can't comprehend how someone can't understand the difference! Since we're talking about the same quantity of each, Verizon seem to be under the impression that 1 dollar = 1 cent. Muppets.

Belmit · 09-12-2006, 13:29

I'll be interested to see the outcome of this since it quite clearly isn't a little slip-up, all their reps are saying it!

Daz · 09-12-2006, 14:38

Messiah Khan · 09-12-2006, 16:55

Ok... have they got monkies working for them or something? That like saying 1gram is the same as 1kilogram.

Desmo · 09-12-2006, 17:00

It's quite unbelievable :/

semi-pro waster · 09-12-2006, 17:43

Surely as an employee you just have to think if you'd prefer to be paid in dollars or cents, you have to be especially dumb if after prompting you still don't twig.

Vaultingslinky · 10-12-2006, 22:59

It has been something I have noticed before, Companies have been very sloppy in their notation i.e. pricing something as 0.02p when infact they mean £0.02.

Its all very well people saying they are not mathematicians, but I was taught money notation, and decimals from a very early age.

Richard Slater · 11-12-2006, 23:15

It is surprisingly common amongst the general public as well, for example trying to explain to a student the size differences between a CD and a DVD, he couldn't get over that more information could be stored in the same space.

Garp · 12-12-2006, 00:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Slater

It is surprisingly common amongst the general public as well, for example trying to explain to a student the size differences between a CD and a DVD, he couldn't get over that more information could be stored in the same space.

Yah.. wh...

I'd love to see them get their head around simple concepts like comparitive density then; like why a hot air baloon goes up and a sledghammer goes down.

09-12-2006, 13:24	#1
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	0.002 cents != 0.002 dollars http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/ Sometimes you have to wonder about some companys and their sales team. Why is it so hard to understand that 0.002 cents is different from 0.002 dollars? (.002 (U.S. cents / kb)) times 35 893 kb = 0.71786 U.S. dollars (.002 (U.S. dollars / kb)) times 35 893 kb = 71.78600 U.S. dollars What kind of people struggle with that sort of concept? __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

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Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I'll be interested to see the outcome of this since it quite clearly isn't a little slip-up, all their reps are saying it! __________________

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	__________________ apt-get moo

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Messiah Khan Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 181	Ok... have they got monkies working for them or something? That like saying 1gram is the same as 1kilogram. __________________

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Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	It's quite unbelievable :/ __________________

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Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I can't comprehend how someone can't understand the difference! Since we're talking about the same quantity of each, Verizon seem to be under the impression that 1 dollar = 1 cent. Muppets.

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semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Surely as an employee you just have to think if you'd prefer to be paid in dollars or cents, you have to be especially dumb if after prompting you still don't twig. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

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Vaultingslinky Columbian Coffee Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southampton (Uni), Brighton-ish (home) Posts: 96	It has been something I have noticed before, Companies have been very sloppy in their notation i.e. pricing something as 0.02p when infact they mean £0.02. Its all very well people saying they are not mathematicians, but I was taught money notation, and decimals from a very early age.

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Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	It is surprisingly common amongst the general public as well, for example trying to explain to a student the size differences between a CD and a DVD, he couldn't get over that more information could be stored in the same space.

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