Posted by garnet71 on April 6, 2009, at 13:24:34
In reply to Re: An inconvenient truth, posted by Kath on April 6, 2009, at 10:37:24
Yeah, there are a lot of tricks out there; the smaller size tactic caught on pretty quickly. I think Dannon yogurt started it a few years ago - from 8 oz to 6 oz, or something like that.
With laundry detergent - they are now all "3x concentrated", but they make the cap so big so you use the same amount.. - the cap is like 1/4 the size of the entire bottle lol
And one of the grocery stores I shop at raises the price really high, then they offer it 'on sale' with a lower price and a bright sale label next to it..meanwhile, the 'sale price' is lower than the original price in another store.
I buy a lot more generic brands now and they don't seem to do all that crap.
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