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Buy the no name version and get a watered down not as effective product. But you did save .90 cents! Save it for your next pin purchase.

You have got a lot of time on your hands.

Happens all over so I get it. It's just like at the gas station that claims your getting a full gallon of gas...., seen a story years ago about how the pumps were deliberately set to pump just under a gallon which adds up pretty quick. I seen a story one time about 55 gallon drums that weren't 55 gallon.....it's every where's that someone can pinch a penny. My local favorite place to eat sells a half order of cheese bread for say $3, but if you get a "whole" order its $6 but in reality all your really getting is 1 1/2 times a half order and not twice as much like they lead you to believe. Do I say anything about it or ask the question? HECK no, they might kick me out for good and that's no good!! Yeah it's every where's,.....which doesn't make it right but what can you do?

John

It's the parking you have to look out for. That's where those sneaky US businesses really get you.

Don’t buy either, shop somewhere other than Walmart.

This happens so often I almost always compare things. When I buy benedryl I always check to see which is cheaper. The "sleep aid" version or actual benedryl. They're the exact same thing. I don't think i've seen the sleep aid cheaper though.

It pays to pay attention. I have a septic system. No bleach for me.

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I buy my gallon of bleach from the 1.00 store, yep, its 1.00!

I appreciate your post.
While the amount of $$$ is relatively negligible, products like cereal and coffee get to me with packaging size/content weight.

Now, I know the young ones, will make fun of me too. Im retired as well. No Pension,
but Ive made a career of purchasing well, and its hard to give it up.

Ive started doing the groceries on a spreadsheet/database, and believe I will reach a bit more than $200 a month in savings!

Thats good enough to cover a pin a year!

Sure they do...

Not to sound shitty, but I recently had one roll of old TP and a new pack, something looked odd, the new stuff was about 1/2 narrower than the old, SAME BRAND!

Smaller TP tubes?

Buying liquid bleach is like tossing money out the window. Learn to make your own and really save some money.

https://www.survivopedia.com/diy-bleach-at-home-2/

A wood 2x4 does not measure 2"x4" either.

The marketing companies in this country prey on the stupid and lazy.

Since I moved to the US 4 years ago, the time I spend doing groceries has probably tripled than when I was in France. I spend that time reading every single label, looking at prices and prices per unit and that is because packaging and false pseudo great deals has been brought to the rank of art out here.

Yep!

Its all in the advertising and "belief".....I had a local store ask if I had a 2 Carat Sapphire yesterday for an engagement ring.
When it came down to "budget" for quality, they decided on Lab Grown.

The Store owner had a couple stones shipped in from the largest company at $300, and $400,
and I brought in a lot, I had cut at $10 a stone in South Korea Similar stuff, but not in a velvet box, with Paperwork, Gold seal, and serial number....

Still, the customer was OK with paying $800, because they "shopped"

Explain that market!

Wanna get really pissed? Check the volume on the $5 (or $8 or $10!) “pint” of beer you’re drinking next time you go out. If it has more than 14oz of beer in it I’ll be surprised. And that’s if it’s filled up to the rim. If not, you’re lucky if you get 12oz out of the damn thing.

And that, my friends, is why unfettered markets are dangerous. Think about what the MNCs are doing with the shit that really matters and adds up. Or is really dangerous...

My wife reads every label, there is so much poison in the food in the US. Its very difficult to avoid it anymore. Unfortunately everything in the US is a business with very little regard for the end user. For me it is too late, I grew up eating this crap but what we do now is for our kids (and the hope that I actually outlive my parents).

1.5x3.5...unless you have a older home. If you read all the labels of your groceries you probably wouldn’t want to buy them.

and after all the work......all the calculations......all the reading of fine print.....

.........it is there at the front of the shelf in the per unit price

Have you traveled to many other countries? Most don’t have anywhere near the choice and connivence of the US and are more expensive. Buyer beware is a universal motto.

Not sure if you're serious, but a lot of generic food and household product sold in major US retailers is just relabeled brand name stuff coming off the same line.

You may be right, but what good are all those choices if 98% of them are poisonous?

It's the shrinking of the product that really gets me. For example yogurt came in a 8oz cup for 50 cents each. One day the price jumps 10% to 55 cents but the contents shrink to 6oz. And that's just one of thousands.
Big price increase!

I didn't say France has the perfect system, but when it comes to consumer rights to information and labelling, France is clearly way above the rest of the world.

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yes!! it's even in 1/2 of the pictures. I love that Wal Mart does that - saves me tons of time. and they're pretty good about keeping units the same. some stores will switch from oz to lb or L to gal and it throws off everything.

You need to check your math.

Maybe that’s the real issue here.

Then dont buy american made. Buy your food imported from another country they used chemicals we banned in the 70s. That's the prob with america, everyone is looking g for cheaper, not better, not caring where it comes from. The tariffs are going to hurt us farmers, but I support completely. BUY AMERICAN

We made the decision to eat less if that means eating better. We are also lucky to be very close to farms and we support them whenever we can.

There are a lot of chemicals that are added to the food we eat here that are not allowed in other countries, sometimes even different ingredients in the same product made by the same manufacturer. Constantly getting caught off gaurd if you’re not careful. My kid wanted marshmallows today. Pulled them from the cabinet, looked at the ingredients, freakn blue 1....in a white marshmallow!

In Florida, the Governor wants citizens to be able to buy Canadian Drugs.
Pharm companies are running ads about unsafe drugs from Foreign countries...China, Canada....
News to me that 85% of the compounds used in US manufacture come from China!

You can join the rest of us indignant consumers over here, ha...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/consumer-ripoff

OJ cartons are still shrinking, first from 64oz to 59oz, now they're 52oz, lol...

It's really dumb, instead of raising the price slightly, they'd rather reconfigure their manufacturing / packaging, which is certainly more costly. But I guess it must make economic sense or they wouldn't do it.

You could also look at local farms for food. Sure you may have to buy a lot more than a weeks worth up front but it’s better for you and cheaper in the long run. I need to get a chest freezer, I would love to buy a half cow again. Best damn beef I ever had.

Is this whole thread an analogy for Stern Cabinets? Pay more, get less...

As others have said... this is a lesson in marketing.

Put “Concentrated” on the label... Take 7 ounces out (which makes the consumer believe it must be concentrated, even though it’s the same strength)... and then charge almost a dollar more for it. The genius who dreamed this up has made multiple millions in profit for Walmart for sure!!

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