In article <billvan-8B002E.13544624032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
bill van <billvan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <Xns9A6B5BECE2049persm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Sano <gregs.supersmell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > - ebenZEROONE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Hactar) - wrote in news:cvmjb5-gaf.ln1
> > @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > In article <47E73613.28EC4E5A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Remember when you could buy a half-gallon of ice cream? Then they
> > >> changed it to 1.75 qt. Most people probably never noticed it. I
> > >> bought a few packages of Bryers last week, on sale 2/$6. Oh, BTW,
> > >> now they're 1.5 qt. The container is now tapered, so you don't
> > >> quite notice it.
> > >
> > > Hello, "Stealth Price Increase".
> >
> > If I had to guess that under half-gallon size has been around for 6-7
> > years.
> >
> > The shampoo I've used for years underwent a stealth price increase, a
> > coupla times now. Same water, same head / with maybe a little less
> > hair, the formula has changed. IOW, the clowns have watered it down.
> > Twice now.
>
> Around here, supermarket price tags -- the ones attached to the shelves
> below the product -- list price per unit (ounces, grams, litres,
> whatever) so you can price-comparison-shop. For some things, I'm willing
> to pay more for my brand of choice, but with others, it's strictly price
> per unit. Even when I'm intentionally paying more, I check the price per
> unit to find out how much more.
That won't help with diluted shampoo; you need $/mole (of something
besides water). Also, for increasingly aerated ice cream, price in
$/liter won't cut it; you need $/gram.
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