Can. Tire Ad a Bit Misleading

[Jeff D]

I'm in NS, and there is a program called Effiency Nova Scotia, which sometimes offers rebates on power-saving items. Our Canadian Tire flyer advertises a 10.00 "instant savings" (via Efficiency NS) on a timer (pg 34) which is on sale already for 13.99. It's misleading you, I feel, when they advertise it as "3.99 with $10 Instant Savings*". But in the fine print below say the taxes are payable on price before savings. I'm aware of how coupons, bogos, and rebates are taxed. But I feel Canadian Tire made a mistake by advertising each as being 3.99 with the $10 instant savings.

I bought 2 of these and I'm not growling too much since it's still a good buy. But I feel the ad was still misleading. If it were a major purchase that cost much, much more then I'd speak to someone ( not that anything could be done about it).

The final cost of the two was $12.80 So each worked out to 6.40, not 4.59 (if it was calculated at 3.99 x 15%)

I planned to upload a photo of the ad with my reciept but my Android tablet won't open Gallery to choose a file. No big deal though.

[macw1960]

It is annoying to say the least. I notice here that Sobey's does that with pop that is on sale, you get to pay the tax on the full price.