Or worse for liquids. Suppose milk is $2.99/gal. That is ALSO 74.8¢/qt 37.4¢/pt 2.3¢/fl oz Seriously, if four stores each chose one of the allowed methods, how many consumers could be expected to figure out the best deal? In metric, 79¢/L or 7.9¢/100 mL. With modified prices, this issue applies to ANY liquid. (I hope I did those right. I had to use a calculator and certainly could NOT do it in my head, in-store.)
Between stores, Customary unit pricing is "useless pricing." Allowing this is a sop to the stores to conceal their price competitiveness. Is that why FMI is on board? If Customary unit pricing is allowed, there must be one and only one denominator unit allowed for each product class of "like product," although it would be better to just disallow Customary. ________________________________ From: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Cc: "Hockert, Carol" <carol.hock...@nist.gov> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 11:28 AM Subject: [USMA:54526] Why Page 9 of NIST SP 1181; not Acceptable! For the same commodity; Store A chooses cents per ounce. Store B, next door, chooses cents per pound. Consumer must do arithmetic of 1/16 to compare values. For the same commodity; Store C chooses dollars per pint. Store D, next door, chooses dollars per gallon. Consumer must do arithmetic of 1/8 to compare values.
