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Posted by robb on May 7, 2008, 9:34 pm
>
> > I know that my sewing machine mechanic told me years ago that
retailers
> > contract with the manufacturers to make what appears to be
the same thread,
> > but actually is substandard..so that they can save money, but
still look
> > like they are selling a well known product.
> >
> > A friend of mine who works at a garden tool manufacturer told
me the wally
> > world contracts them to build shovels hoes etc, but to make
them less
> > sturdy than what is sold elsewhere,
>
> What a world... what a world.
> Phae
>
our ever growing disposable and bottom line society.
I am annoyed with the MFG habit of shrinking the products and
keeping the price the same.
robb
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Posted by BEI Design on May 8, 2008, 2:54 am
robb wrote:
> our ever growing disposable and bottom line society.
>
> I am annoyed with the MFG habit of shrinking the products
> and keeping the price the same.
>
> robb
I don't know what "MFG" is, but:
Is your salary/wage higher this year than last year? If so,
are you actually producing more, or is your salary inflated?
Costs go up for many reasons, not the least of which is
labor. If you want/expect/demand a pay raise every year,
you should also expect everything you (and I) purchase to
cost more as well. Many of us live on what we were able to
save during a lifetime of work. The income produced from
those savings does NOT increase with the cost of living.
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on May 8, 2008, 3:20 am
BEI Design wrote:
> robb wrote:
>
>> our ever growing disposable and bottom line society.
>>
>> I am annoyed with the MFG habit of shrinking the products
>> and keeping the price the same.
>>
>> robb
>
> I don't know what "MFG" is, but:
>
> Is your salary/wage higher this year than last year? If so,
> are you actually producing more, or is your salary inflated?
> Costs go up for many reasons, not the least of which is
> labor. If you want/expect/demand a pay raise every year,
> you should also expect everything you (and I) purchase to
> cost more as well. Many of us live on what we were able to
> save during a lifetime of work. The income produced from
> those savings does NOT increase with the cost of living.
>
> Beverly
>
>
What you say is very true, but we also are in a period in which our
economy is not in good shape. The dollar has seriously lost value, at
the same time that production and jobs in this country are being cut
severely. For the first time, our children cannot expect to do better
than their parents.
I think what Robb is referring to is manufacturers who change the
packaging on products, reducing the amount of contents, but keeping the
same price, or even raising it.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Phaedrine Stonebridge on May 8, 2008, 11:04 am
wrote:
> I think what Robb is referring to is manufacturers who change the
> packaging on products, reducing the amount of contents, but keeping the
> same price, or even raising it.
Yes, it was my sense, as well, that his concern was about *hiding* the
price increase--- not about the increase per se. I'm still irked with
Hellman's (Best Foods) for hiding their price increase by reducing the
jar size from 32 to 30 ounces. It just seems so insulting to the
consumer... you know, like we're so stupid we won't notice.
Phae
--
"The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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Posted by robb on May 8, 2008, 11:31 am
> wrote:
>
> > I think what Robb is referring to is manufacturers who change
the
> > packaging on products, reducing the amount of contents, but
keeping the
> > same price, or even raising it.
>
> Yes, it was my sense, as well, that his concern was about
*hiding* the
> price increase--- not about the increase per se. I'm still
irked with
> Hellman's (Best Foods) for hiding their price increase by
reducing the
> jar size from 32 to 30 ounces. It just seems so insulting to
the
> consumer... you know, like we're so stupid we won't notice.
>
> Phae
> --
> "The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time
> with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
> -- Thomas Jefferson
>
Thanks, that is it.
For me it was 16.9 oz peanut butter that was reduced to 15.2 oz
and the packing was almost exactly the same. the same height,
same label, same colors, and same top width. Just the middle
section was slightly smaller and the only thing that raised my
brow was a slightly larger bump at either end of the plastic
container where the mid-section was reduced a wee bit.
i find it insulting as well
robb
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