2003-03-02 It does say just ounces. I have to admit, the price was good and I bought a couple of packs. I only bought the Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist. I take these to work and have one bottle each day with my lunch. I don't buy 24 fl oz bottles. That is too much and I'm all popped out after the first 500 mL. I don't like to put it back in the fridge, because once it is open it loses its taste the next day, then I force my self to drink it so it isn't wasted. So to avoid that, I just stick with the 500 mL size. I'd rather pay a little more for something I like.
Let's fact it Bill, Joe Six-pack isn't going to get his feathers ruffled by calling fluid ounces as just ounces. As far as he is concerned, ounces is ounces, is ounces. They're all the same. The same with miles. As far as Joe is concerned, nautical miles and the miles he sees on his car's dashboard are one and the same. To tell him there are different types of ounces and miles is just "metrickery". I just wish they would market them as half-litre or 500 mL bottles and forget the stupid ounces altogether. I wonder what type of brain thinks a 16.9 fl oz description would sell over a half-litre or a 500 mL. Since the 2 L bottle is a well known size, one would think that business would reference 500 mL to 2 L. Like four 500 mL bottles equals one 2 L bottle. Or some clever way for the public to notice the simple relationship. But, I guess the marketers are on the same level as Joe Six-pack. I never heard Wal-Mart is an exploiter of sweat-shop labour. I guess it makes sense since their prices are really low. If I go to K-Mart I find their products much more expensive. Some of the other stores in town, like Sears and target are so expensive, I can't understand why they are still in business. You almost need to take out a 2-nd mortgage on your home to afford their prices. OK! OK! I'm exaggerating, but you see why people prefer to shop at Wal-Mart. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2003-03-02 19:50 Subject: [USMA:25005] RE: Pepsi Products > Not only are they using FFU, but incorrect FFU -- ounces, rather than fluid > ounces. > > That's similar to the wine and liquor unit pricing at Albertson's > supermarkets. (Safeway's unit pricing for wine and liquor is equally > bizarre, but they do at least know the difference between ounces and fluid > ounces.) > > Saying "7 oz more than half-liter size" is, of course, really stupid. > > By the way, I never shop at Wal-Mart. (They're one of the world's biggest > exploiters of sweat-shop labor.) > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > kilopascal > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 16:39 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:25004] Pepsi Products > > > 2003-03-02 > > I was in two stores today both featuring Pepsi products. In the one store, > Wal-Mart, there was a aisle display offering various half-litre 12 pack > plastic bottles for 3.98 $. Yet, you would never know it was a half-litre. > The plastic wrap holding the 12 bottles together was marked in large > print:16.9 oz bottles. > > There was no mention of 500 mL except as a secondary declaration on each > bottle. > > At the other store, Pepsi was advertising its 24 oz bottles. They were > advertising 3 packs (6 bottles per pack) for 4.00 $. What was odd was the > display sign that said in big print: 7 oz more than half-litre size. > > It does seem that even if Pepsi produces some metric sizes they like to > advertise them as FFU. > > Anyone else experience this? > > > > John >
