It’s The Incredible Shrinking Can! (price, stores, Wal-mart, expensive)

[Concert D Major]

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s the incredible shrinking can! “Look mom, it’s getting smaller!!” Like maybe Wal-Mart is CHEATING ITS OWN customers and quietly reducing the size. So much for “Great Value”. More like Great Ripoff.

[DanielAvery]

I've been trying to shrink my can for years.

[kygman]

I don't get all upset about something like a 2 oz. difference. Probably buying products at other stores with the same product loss, or more, for years but you never checked it

[Concert D Major]

I do notice these things all the time. Sick and tired of it. Realized something didn't feel right as soon as I picked up the can.



Not noticing is exactly how these suck-ass greedy POS corporations get away with it. This is just one example. There should be outrage. Mayhem on the streets. Chairs flying. If enough consumers raised hell, boycott stuff, broke some windows, these corporations would have no choice but to stop playing games.

[Flamingo13]

Packaging has been shrinking for years!!! Otherwise, they can raise prices and have you complain about that

[Rabrrita]

If people bought based on unit pricing and not marketing schemes designed to fool the ignorant, this wouldn't be an issue for consumers.

Now, you are aware you're comparing apples to melons?

[Concert D Major]

The only way to shop anymore is to do the math and calculate the average cost per ounce of stuff.

[djmaxwell]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

If people bought based on unit pricing and not marketing schemes designed to fool the ignorant, this wouldn't be an issue for consumers.

Now, you are aware you're comparing apples to melons?

Wal-Mart and I'm sure others try to make that hard, too. I was looking at cleaning wipes on their grocery website the other day. They had the unit pricing for the name brand as cost per wipe. The Great Value unit pricing was per oz. Not paying attention to the units made the GV product look like a much better value. It turns out the GV product was more expensive per sheet than the name brand. It also begs the question as to why one would by such a product on a weight basis.

[lucyinthesky444]

Remember when ice cream came in half gallon containers?

[DubbleT]

Originally Posted by Concert D Major

The only way to shop anymore is to do the math and calculate the average cost per ounce of stuff.

Many, perhaps most, stores already do that for you. It's on the shelf tag.
Still, it's helpful to bring your calculator for those occasional times when some items have a unit price per pound listed and others of the same type have a unit price per ounce.