It's called "caveat emptor" or some such. Duncan From: James R. Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 5, 2001 00:31 >kilopascal wrote: >.... >> I was not surprised when nobody mentioned that this practise is done with >> the governments blessing. When a product goes from 396 g to 325 g, a >> reduction of 18 % with no change in price, that is equivalent to holding the >> contents the same and raising the price 18 %. > > Actually, to be picky about this, the price rise would be more than 18 >% in your example. Let's say you used to pay $3.96 for 396 g (1 cent per >gram). Now you are paying $3.96 for 325 g (1.21846 cents per gram). >That's a price rise of nearly 22 %. > >.... >> Another interesting titbit: a year or so ago, the BWMA got all excited and >> issued a Metrickery Award to a British candy company for doing the same >> thing. If I remember correctly, they reduced something from 454 g (1 lb) to >> 400 g. But, this issue now being noticed in the US, is being done in ounces >> and pounds.... > > This has been going on ever since the first two people bartered, >probably. I remember this being a news item at least once a decade. I >lost my innocent view of the world in the late fifties when the Three >Muskateers bar shrank but the price and package dimensions remained the >same. > >Jim > >-- >Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" >James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ >10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
