Miata Mailing List: February 2000, Message #331

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I just got back from the parts counter at Oak Tree Mazda in San Jose, CA.  

I was there asking about getting a factory car cover (the standard one, not
the lightweight one).  I told the fellow behind the desk that I was
interested in hearing what club discounts were available.  

He pulled out the Big Book O' Official Prices and turned to the appropriate
page.  Reading upside-down, I could see it listed a dealer cost of ~$100 and
a suggested retail of ~$150.  Leaving the book open, he turned to his big
calculator, entered a starting value of $186, multiplied that by 0.8, and
offered me the "20% discounted price" of $148.80.  

I decided it wasn't worth pointing out the interesting math in place here,
thanked him politely, and left.  

twj

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Toby Weir-Jones                  Customer Service Engineer
twj@counterpane.com              Counterpane Internet Security
+1 408.556.0323                  San Jose, CA