To all: Please don't jump on the shampoo people. I have been in that position of labeling shampoo bottles. The authorities in many countries did not allow as to round off the numbers on the bottles. The exact dimension bottles are prohibitive in cost. For example, Australia. We purchased 250 ml bottles just for that market, plus import duties plus distributor margins meant that a USA bottle of shampoo cost 8x in Australia what it costs in the USA. The solution? Production and bottling in Australia, meaning exporting jobs to another country. But that is an different discussion altogether! Yvonne Halpaus
Here's one I just came across: Thermasilk shampoo and conditioner have come in rounded metric sizes for a while, but I never noticed this, that their quantity label states literally "1PINT 9.4OZ.(25.4FL.OZ.) 751mL" Seems that some brilliant person converted from 750 mL to ounces and back again to get 751 mL! I tried to e-mail Helene-Curtis, using the feedback form on their website, but my e-mails have bounced because their mailbox was full. I'll try again later when they might have cleaned up their mailbox. Don
