On 2008/09/04, at 12:46 AM, STANLEY DOORE wrote:
Beware of price/quantity deception by grocery stores. For
example,
Today's Safeway grocery store ad reads: "Refreshe Water 1-gallon or
3-liters" "2 for $1"
Knowledgeable people know that 3 L is much less quantity than a
gallon for the same price. It's a major deception by Safeway stores
and a major consumer rip off.
That's how stores are beginning to bilk the public. Contrast
this with what 7-UP did.
7-UP gave buyers more quantity rather than less for the same price
and used the slogan:
"A Liter Bit More"
Stan Doore
Dear Stan and All,
If the truth is known, it is probably only a simple conversion mistake
that will be corrected as soon as it is pointed out to the manager who
is responsible for that particular store advertisement. However, it is
important to remember that such errors delay the ultimate upgrade to
the full use of the metric system (SI) markedly. Probably a better
sign would have avoided measurements and conversions altogether by
having an image of the container of water and a sign that read simply
'Refreshe Water — 2 for $1'.
These sorts of mistakes are quite common and occur everywhere if you
choose to use a 'metric conversion' path — they are also enormously
expensive. Remember this YouTube video where the (un-stated) problem
was to find the difference between the height of the exhaust clip at
the front (180 mm) and at the back (140 mm), watch http://youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M
while you estimate the cost of employing several people to do this
simple job!
To decide on a 'metric conversion' transition method looks like a
correct decision because, on the surface, it looks simple. However,
hidden behind this apparent simplicity are three quite separate and
distinct learning paths. If you decide to use 'metric conversion'
methods, then you and your companions will learn: (1) about the metric
system; (2) more than you ever needed to know about old pre-metric
measures, and (3) a whole new world of conversion factors and how to
use them. I have written a three page article that explores these
three learning paths; you can find this article about 'metric
conversion' at http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/MetricConversion.pdf
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
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