Re: Target unit pricing - Here's the real point

On Jun 27, 12:02=A0am, Jack Bauer <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> the zak wrote:
> > Target unit pricing shelf labels for paper goods like paper
> > towels and toilet tissue list the unit price per 100 sheets
> > instead of per 100 square feet as do other stores.
> > It's inaccurate. Sheet sizes vary. Converting unit pricing
> > from per 100 sheets to per 100 square feet is difficult
> > to do in the aisle of the Target store.
>
> I have been in several different stores trying to figure out the unit
> pricing on bottled water. =A0They will have all different sizes and
> brands, but in the end they are all just bottles containing water,
> right? =A0But the unit pricing is by the each, liter, ounce, you name
it!
> =A0 Whatever units they can come up with to make it all more confusing.
> You can't compare.
>
> And the WHOLE POINT of unit pricing, as they told us back in the 70's,
> is that it SHOULD NOT take a college grad with a slide rule or
> calculator to figure this stuff out. =A0You should be able to look at
all
> the similar products and quickly figure out which is cheapest based on
> the unit pricing shown on the labels.
>
> But you can't. =A0So who do we contact to enforce the unit pricing laws?

Depends on where you live.  It could be the consumer protection
department or the weights and measures people.  I agree that if
they're going to say that BW brand A is .05=A2 an oz then BW brand B
right next to it should not say .69=A2 per ea.