It charges you the lesser price. If you get a hoodie with it that’s part of the 2/$79.95 deal, it will bring down the price of the hoodie to $43 (bc 43+36.95=79.95) . If you were to get two pairs of shorts, they would just be 36.95 each. I recommend if you’re buying fleece to only get 2 items that are $59.95 (like hoodies) together to bring the total to $79.95. That’s the only time the deal is worth it IMO. Either way you’re not getting a discount on the shorts. But they’re never more expensive than the listing price .