[Avodah] How much for the mayo?

[Zev Sero]

On 25/10/2010 6:05 AM, Simon Montagu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name <mailto:zev at sero.name>> wrote:
>     On 24/10/2010 8:24 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

>>> I would think that mei'iqar hadin, as long as you tell her the price
>>> up front, you can go as high as $4.67 (ad velo ad bichlal) -- up to 1/6
>>> above going rate.

>> First of all, it would be $5.00; the shtus is milgav, not milbar.

> Leshitatecha, why $5.00 and not $4.80?

You're right, of course.  20% of $4 is 80c, not $1. My only excuse
is that it was late, and the arithmetic part of my brain had already
fallen asleep.

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