Doug Brown wrote:
George wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article , franz
fripplfrappl wrote:
Take a walk down the aisles in a grocery store sometime. A pound of
coffee is about 9 ounces. 5# of sugar is 4#. Prices are more or
less the same.
Utter nonsense. A pound is sixteen ounces. Five pounds is five
pounds, not four. If you buy a bag of sugar that is _plainly_marked_ "4
pounds"
thinking it is five, you need to be looking in the mirror for the source
of
that problem.
It is still dishonest no matter how you look at it. I am quite capable
of reading labels. A short quantity non-standard packaging is simply
wrong. A quart should be a quart. Not 28 oz "at everyday low prices".
Ironically it is everybody's friend the big box store (they tell us
that frequently so it must be true) that is behind this.

My buddy works for a company that manufactures packaging equipment.
One of their customers asked to have a "4 up" line installed. Usual
packaging for their product is "6 up" or a six pack. The reason was
because walmart had decided they could screw their customers thinking
that people wouldn't notice that the canned items were in a 4 pack and
think their buddy walmart was helping them with "low everyday prices".
It didn't work and the supplier took a serious hit because of the
money they had to spend on the line.

You know, you are probably more right that not but;

1) Why complain here? Complain to WalMart

Not a complaint, just an example of how big box stores operate and quite
pertinent to this thread.

2) I do have some sympathy for the suppliers who feel forced to kowtow to
WalMart's demands but maybe it's time to tell them to go to hell. Perhaps
the manufacturer shoulkd be the one who sets quality and other issues.
Perhaps it is time that the consumer says to hell with cheap crap and
demands fair value for decent quality stuff.

OH! I gues I'm dreaming.


It won't happen as long as big box has the war chests they have which
gives them the ability to buy mindshare through marketing.