If I see more of these bottles I'll do exactly that, as we have plenty of 1
Liter beakers over in the chemistry wing of our building. Something in me
crawls, however, at the idea of paying a couple dollars for 4 Liters of
*water*.
If it is 4 Liters it shows the ridiculousness of the situation. Do you
advertise the same quantity as 5% less - to be "politically correct", or the
full amount - to give consumers more for their money? Could give rise to an
interesting competitive situation, I hope P&G enters the bottled water
market.
Nat
>>>The only way to find out for sure is to buy a bottle and measure it. If
you
have a 1 litre measuring cup, you can pore out 1 L into the cup and then
pore it into a big pot. Repeating the procedure 4 times. If on the fourth
pore the water only comes up to 800 ml, then you know it is a true 3.8 L.
If it comes up to 1 L or more, then you will know it is a true 4 L fill.
If that is the case, then you can write the people who produce it, tell them
what you did, and ask them to relabel the product. If they want to keep the
"1 gallon" indication on the label because they feel people can relate to
that term better than say 1.05 gallons or 4.21 quarts, then suggest they
label it as 4 L (1 US gallon). We really don't care what the gallons are,
as long as the 4 L is first and noticeable.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2001-07-08 20:27
Subject: [USMA:14217] 4L water?
> Just saw what looked like 4 Liter Dannon spring water at the supermarket.
It
> was a short squatty version of the 2 Liter soda bottle, perfectly round
> clear plastic with a small handle on top. It was unfortunately labeled
3.78
> L, but then I remember seeing a competing brand a couple months ago that
was
> labeled 4 L or "Gallon Plus".
>
> I checked to see if it was a underfill and noticed it wasn't, but then
> thought - heck, this is *WATER* we're talking about, even the most
tightwad
> bean counters aren't going to worry about giving away 220 ml of water.
>
> So it may be another hidden metric, anyone seen anything similar?
>
> Nat
>
>
