"Don't get your @ sign in a knot, All" said Bob F Howard, "I'll be right 
there!"
 BFH> just had a mass confusion situation with this @ that caused some
 BFH> real problems. I read it as "at" in computer lingo, but as "each" in
 BFH> commercial use.
 BFH> So in commerical use it normally is used as
 BFH> 500 pcs $3.00 @
 BFH> But here is the problem, some people write it like
 BFH> 500 pcs @ $3.00 
 BFH> The former is $1,500 total
 BFH> and the latter appears to be saying 500 pcs at $3.00 total. 
That's correct.  @ should be read as "each at".
 BFH> It made a big problem for me on an order. What is the proper way to
 BFH> express it for commerical purposes?
500 pcs. @ $3.00...............................$1,500.00
When listing it, I subtotal per item to avoid confusion, not that I get a
huge call for that in my line.
JWS
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