• roomboy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    You get 45 grams according to the package. It’s more cost effective for them to just put it in the same packaging as the regular sized and just change the label rather than shut down and change the production line to accommodate the smaller size.

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      6 months ago

      I get that, but from an environmental point of view, this is an absolute travesty.

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      6 months ago

      And of course the fact this obviously creates the illusion there’s more product and therefore can trick customers it’s just a happy accident, right?

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      6 months ago

      They still have to ship the empty packaging. You have to wonder if it’s really worth it to the company to package and ship air. The missing deodorant gel probably costs pennies to manufacture.

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      6 months ago

      That doesn’t change the fact its misleading. Not everyone walks around with a god damn scale, knows the average weights of deodorant off the top of their head. The average person is going to look at this and assume its full and that’s how the manufacturer wants it.

      ackshually if you get out your scales and do a little homework…

      no. fuck you.

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        6 months ago

        So you, I dunno, read the label where it shows the net weight, and compare it to other similar products nearby on the same shelf? Hell, most store shelf pricing has price per unit on it now, so you can compare prices pretty directly. Yeah, I get that it’s not completely consistent where that’s implemented, but it’s far and away better than the days of “price gun sticker on item and that’s it.”

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          6 months ago

          Which boils down to ‘make sure you look hard to see how they are trying to trick you’

          And, in that scenario…you blame the people who don’t catch the trick as opposed to the corporation trying to trick people.

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          6 months ago

          I certainly do not do that. Who has time to inspect every item they buy nowadays? Ridiculous.

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              6 months ago

              Uh, that’s incorrect. When you’re buying groceries for your family, getting household essentials, cleaning supplies, etc, you’re going to be in and out because you have to get home to make dinner and get ready for work the next day.

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                6 months ago

                Then get scammed I guess…it takes literal seconds to to read things.

                The time it took you to reply on your addiction device could be spend actually being productive by ensuing you aren’t being scammed at stores.

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                  6 months ago

                  But when you’re buying 40 things? Have other stuff to do? You are being incredibly naive