Dear Ezra and David, Do you know if Tesco buys in pounds, stones, quarters, hundredweights, and tons � or do they buy in kilograms and tonnes and then dumb these down for the lucky punters. If the manager is a religious person you might like to quote from the Bible: Proverbs 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. See: http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=2509340 I am not a religious person, so my reason for quoting from one of the earlier books of the Bible is simply to show how long traders have been trying to cheat the public using dual sets of measures (~ 7000 years). Tesco is simply keeping alive this very old, very well established, tradition of cheating. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com on 2004-11-16 06.12, Ezra Steinberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I got this response from David King regarding my question about Tesco's > signage in their stores. > > Can anyone in the UKMA respond with regard to Tesco's position that it's > Imperial signage is advertsising? > Is there any way to find appropriate people to negotiate with Tesco's > management to change their position, and, if that fails, take some sort of > legal action? > > Ezra > > >> Tesco in the UK are still a nuisance to shoppers, recently I visited the >> store at Roneo Corner, Romford, and found that among the loose fruit and >> veg, quite a high proportion of goods were priced in "per lb" only, no >> mention of per kg for most loose goods. I wrote to the manager of the >> store, to complain, but have heard nothing as yet. I was considering >> buying loose tomatoes, but the price per lb only put me off, something I >> mentioned in my letter. >> >> The imperial signage, although Tesco claim it is advertising, is >> illegal, and especially when no price per kg is specified anywhere for >> some items. >> >> David King >
