On Mar 17, 10:09*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"BDBConstruction" wrote:
Borg salesman
replies, "ahhh, hehe, you don't realize that corporate changed all
our
wire to 200' boxes instead of 250' ". The new packaging minimally
mentions the footage in the box as opposed to the old packaging.

When is the last time you checked a can of coffee?

Last I looked, a 16 oz can now has 13 oz in it.

Paper products, especially toilet paper, is another.

Lew

Agreed, I too shop for food. An average pound of pasta has been 12oz
for quite some time. Especially since the petroleum conundrum
companies across the board have been reducing the product while
maintaining the exact package size, and in many cases increasing the
price, to offset additional costs which they feel they can not pass on
to consumers through price alone.

The issue for me is attempted and willfull deception. I see both sides
of it. Kudo's to the marketing agency who gets a big bonus for coming
up with a way to save the corporation millions annually and yet I also
see the family who grabs the same box off the shelf they have been
grabbing for 15 or 20 years only to realize after a several purchases
that the company has rooked them.

This is a common practice across the board, that is no news to anyone.
The issue for me is as I said, willfull deception in an attempt to
deceive the consumer. In this case, a 250' box is basically an
industry standard and has been well established for decades. It is
further compounded by them changing the infomation on the packaging in
an attempt "not" to inform the customer of the quantity change rather
than to inform them.

This would be like you going to a rack of plywood and because it
doesnt say 4x8 on it, you get it home only to put your tape on it and
have it measure 45" x 93". The same would be true, buyer beware.

Mark