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  • (grocery store puzzle) ---- "Buy in bulk for a better price ..."

    From henhanna@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 6 10:23:01 2022
    the (grocery store puzzle) that i often enjoy is....

    seeing (e.g.) a 10 oz bag of a product for $1.50 or $1.60
    and a 30 oz bag of the same product for $5.00 ...

    (the piles are right next to each other)


    -------- same brand, same expiration date, ........



    "Eric Sosman" wrote in message ......

    Some years ago, my mother reported (with glee) seeing a hand-
    lettered sign in the local supermarket's produce department:

    AVOCARDOS ------- 99¢

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  • From Richard Tobin@21:1/5 to henh...@gmail.com on Sat Aug 6 18:59:22 2022
    In article <20cccd0d-5fe5-454c-b77f-130aaedf7722n@googlegroups.com>, henh...@gmail.com <henhanna@gmail.com> wrote:

    seeing (e.g.) a 10 oz bag of a product for $1.50 or $1.60
    and a 30 oz bag of the same product for $5.00 .

    In my local Sainsbury's a few years ago:

    https://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/cornflakes.jpg

    -- Richard

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Richard Tobin on Sat Aug 6 21:10:42 2022
    On 06/08/2022 7:59 pm, Richard Tobin wrote:
    In article <20cccd0d-5fe5-454c-b77f-130aaedf7722n@googlegroups.com>, henh...@gmail.com <henhanna@gmail.com> wrote:

    seeing (e.g.) a 10 oz bag of a product for $1.50 or $1.60
    and a 30 oz bag of the same product for $5.00 .

    In my local Sainsbury's a few years ago:

    https://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/cornflakes.jpg

    Oops.

    As they say on Twitter, "you had *one* job..."

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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  • From Edward Murphy@21:1/5 to Richard Heathfield on Sun Aug 7 15:16:32 2022
    On 8/6/2022 1:10 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:

    On 06/08/2022 7:59 pm, Richard Tobin wrote:
    In article <20cccd0d-5fe5-454c-b77f-130aaedf7722n@googlegroups.com>,
    henh...@gmail.com <henhanna@gmail.com> wrote:

    seeing (e.g.)  a 10 oz  bag of a product for  $1.50  or $1.60
    and a   30 oz  bag of the same product for  $5.00  .

    In my local Sainsbury's a few years ago:

    https://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/cornflakes.jpg

    Oops.

    As they say on Twitter, "you had *one* job..."

    No one said it was better for the /buyer/.

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  • From henhanna@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Richard Tobin on Mon Aug 8 16:22:08 2022
    On Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 12:00:03 PM UTC-7, Richard Tobin wrote:
    In article <20cccd0d-5fe5-454c...@googlegroups.com>,
    henh...@gmail.com <henh...@gmail.com> wrote:

    seeing (e.g.) a 10 oz bag of a product for $1.50 or $1.60
    and a 30 oz bag of the same product for $5.00 .


    In my local Sainsbury's a few years ago:

    https://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/cornflakes.jpg

    -- Richard


    Thanks! i think i've seen that kind of a (grocery store) sign also....


    also this kind: http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/access.jpg

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