> > I'm at a loss why a half pint is changed at 9% more, > though.
Because the people accept the fact that they charge 9% more. If they didn't, then they'd price it the same as half a full pint (or more likely they'd raise the price of a pint to double the cost of a half pint). Pricing does not have to be fair or logical, it's based on what the market is willing to pay. In North America, mobile phone users must pay for both incoming and outgoing calls, something not done in other parts of the world. But the public is willing to pay for incoming calls, so why should the phone companies change. Stephen In England, especially the North East, they > wouldn't stand for it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Han Maenen > To: U.S. Metric Association > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:11 PM > Subject: [USMA:30586] Irish Times today > > > Letters to the editor. > > Pub arithmetic > > Madam, - One pint of Guinness: �3.85. Two > half-pints of Guinness: �4.20. A 9 per cent > surcharge. For what? > > Could we seek an EU harmonization directive > demanding that the price of 284 ml of Guinness is > half that of 568 ml? - Yours, etc., > > DENIS GILL, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. > > The EU should harmonize this nonsense? Really? > BTW, all small portions are rip-offs anyway. > > The news from the disaster in Belgium was covered > today in the Irish Times in a way that would do the > BWMA and the IAML proud. > > Han > Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The > Netherlands > > >
