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Clearance sale

One of the oldest hardware shops, the one close to the Miyako train station, was having the clearance sale to close the whole store after decades of their businesses there.

They had some carts in front of their store filled by their merchandises, and almost of all things in there were with 30% off discounted price.
I was looking them and found one small cooking pot that I liked.
I took it to my hand and asked the store attendance if that was also 30% off.
He said "no."
So, I asked if he could make it 30% off.
He replied "no" again.
I asked him again why he could not.
Then, he said


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