Dynamic Cost Analysis
Current version
1.2
give or take
Merchants
001
moar to come
Deals in the table
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It's all about the deals!

Sometimes a deal is not really a deal when you begin to compare your options. Because not all deals are made equal, it can be sometimes difficult to really understand what the merchant is really offering.

This Dynamic Cost Analysis tool is here to help you. Below you will find the big table with deals and the actual discount %.

It's important to understand that when you get a deal with bonus points, that's something that will rise your discount %. A deal that requires you to spend some of your accumulated points will reduce your discount %.

How to use the table

If this How To doesn't make any sense, do let me know.

  • Enter the price of a single or multiple items (total combined) in the MSRP box. The price needs to be before tax. Do not enter any symbol other than the dot .).
  • Enter the tax amount of your province (example: for Ontario enter 13, for Québec enter 14.975). Do not enter any symbol other than the dot ..
  • Does your item has any add-in value (like a bundle, ebates or credit card)? For example you buy a Nintento Switch bundle valued at $459.99 on sale at $379.99 ($80 off):
    • enter 379.99 in the MSRP field and 80 in this field.
    • you have a credit card with 1% cash back, enter 379.99 in the MSRP field, manually do the math (379.99 x 1% = $3.80 + $80) and enter 83.80 in this field.
    • you have a credit card with 1% cash back and ebates at 2%, enter 379.99 in the MSRP field and enter 91.40 in this field ($3.80 + $7.60 + $80).
    Caution: this field is only valid if you can combine with any of the promotions in the table. Incorect data may be shown otherwise.
  • Click the Make some math button to populate the table.
  • Click on Reset to restart.

If this is not your first visit and updates have been made since the last time you came, you may need to do an hard refresh (CTRL+F5).


The Table

$
This is the cost before tax (examples: 80, 379.99).
%
Enter the tax % amount of your province (examples: 13 for Ontario, 14.975 for Québec).
$
Enter only promos that can be combined with atleast one deal in the table.

 

Cost Analysis for PC Optimum Program
Deal Cash rebate Subtotal Taxes Total cash out Points value Net Cost
(after tax)		 % Discount
(before tax)
20% off
25% in points with redeem 50k points (50$ cash value)
20x points
30% in points with redeem 40k points (40$ cash value)
40% in points with redeem 40k points (40$ cash value)
20% off and 20x points
Cost Analysis for PC Optimum Program - Gaming Specific Black Friday 2018
Deal Cash rebate Subtotal Taxes Total cash out Points & gift card value Net Cost
(after tax)		 % Discount
(before tax)
$125 Shoppers gift card with purchase of Nintento Switch at $379.99
$125 Xbox gift card with purchase of Xbox One X 1TB Fallout 76 Bundle at $599.99
$100 Xbox gift card with purchase of Xbox One S 1TB Console at $299.99
$25 Shoppers gift card with purchase of Nintendo 2DS at $109.99
$25 Shoppers gift card with purchase of DualShock 4 Controllers at $74.99

Credits

A big thank you to Proxism on RedFlagDeals forums who provided an image of the spreadsheet he had done and is the inspiration for this page.

Versioning

  • 1.2 Added gaming deals from Black Friday 2018 at Shoppers. Added option to select your points gather rate if you have one of PC Mastercard. Corrected an ommission in calculations that sometimes did not added base points of 15/$1.
  • 1.1 Corrected an error in calculations of points $ value.
  • 1.0 Initial release.

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