List Price Savings Check
Compare a product's list price against its actual price to check the claimed saving.
About List Price Savings Check
The claimed saving is the difference between the list or compare-at price and what you actually pay, expressed as a percentage. Inflated list prices can make a regular price look like a huge discount, so the actual price is what determines the real value.
Formula
List Price Savings Check
Claimed saving = list price - actual price; discount% = saving / list x 100
- list price
- The reference price the store compares against
Worked example
With the default values below, List Price Savings Check returns Claimed Saving of $24.50. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- List price
- 99
- Actual price
- 74.5
Results
- Claimed Saving
- $24.50
- Discount Percent
- 24.75%
- Price After Claimed Discount
- $74.50
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2List Price Savings Check
- 3Claimed Saving= 24.50
- 4Discount Percent= 24.75
- 5Price After Claimed Discount= 74.50
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is List Price Savings Check calculated?
Claimed saving = list price - actual price; discount% = saving / list x 100 The claimed saving is the difference between the list or compare-at price and what you actually pay, expressed as a percentage.
Why does List Price Savings Check matter?
Inflated list prices can make a regular price look like a huge discount, so the actual price is what determines the real value.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: List price, Actual price. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.