Thanks For The Coupon

Every once and a while the local Mazda dealer will send me a mailing that is supposed to get me to come in and let them service my car. The one I got today offered a free oil change using a new filter and topping off of vital fluids.

Sounds pretty good doesn’t it? Until you get to the fine print, then things get strange. “Plus applicable taxes.” Seven percent of nothing is…ahhh, let’s see, zero times zero point zero seven…carry the zero…is Nothing. Oh, wait a minute, I see how it is applicable, the next bit of fine print says, “Some vehicles may be slightly higher.” How much higher? Define slightly?