The quantity was in fluid ounces on the other side of the can. One can had both in the same place. So the cans were properly marked as far as I can tell. It was the store shelf and the assumption that you were getting a Quart that was misleading.
Mike Payne On 13/06/2011, at 18:43 , John M. Steele wrote: > Seriously, I would call the State weights & measures inspectors. The first > two are exceptionally misleading as the cans are labelled only in > milliliters. You would have to know that a quart is 946 mL to know you are > being ripped off. The last one is dual, and slightly more people might know > that 28.5 fl oz is not a quart. But it is still deceptive. > > I assume the cans contain what is marked so the manufacturer is probably > legal. The shelf edge sticker is misleading and that is the store. (Does > paint fall under UPLR? Is the metric only marking on 2 cans one of the first > usages of permissive-metric-only under the UPLR? Too bad that with the > store's error, the effect is to cheat the customer.) > > From: Michael Payne <[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 4:33:42 PM > Subject: [USMA:50616] Reduced standard sized > > I was amazed when I went to buy paint today that the supposed Quart container > was no longer a quart of paint, I think the can is the same size, it's just > less inside. A US quart is 946 mL, these cans ranged from 840 mL to 916 mL > to 931 mL. Most people don't realize they are getting less. > > Notice the shelf label still states Quart of whatever paint! Shortchanged? > > Mike Payne >
