Chris wrote:
I recently bought a "gallon" of paint at Sherwin Williams in that new
plastic jug with a handle and a pour spout. When I got home, I was
outraged to see that the container is labeled as having 123oz (I think)
or "3 27/32" quarts (I'm sure). What a rip off!! I expected I was
buying a *gallon* of paint and they preyed on me because of that
reasonable expectation. Yes, I know that the container is accurately
labeled but I still think that the practice is misleading. The
container doesn't even have an integral, normal number of metric units.
I'd actually appreciate it if they sold 1 liter and 4 liter containers
(6% more paint than a quart or a gallon) and I'd even live with that at
7-8% above the qt/gal price. They could market it as giving you a
little more so you don't run out with 1sq ft on a job.


FWIW, I have 2 gallons of Classic 99 paint by Sherwin
Williams-regular(old) style can, both say 124 fl oz., 3 7/8 US quarts,
underneath that, in smaller but easily readable print, the can says
Before Colorant Added.

I also have 3 gallons of their primer Preprite, which are labeled 1 US
gallon. Both were purchased in the past month.

I wonder if they just forgot to put on the "before colorant added" part
on the label of the new style container?

Melissa