The Incredible Shrinking Package

the old grind · Jun 14, 2019

k0ua said:
What is a newspaper? ..

It's like 'bundling' the ads into a flat bread sandwich, though usually delivered with more filling in it than wrapper.

If you don't subscribe, they'll toss the ads onto your driveway twice a week anyway.

"Ad supported" no longer means 'free'. AOL charged $25/month 20 years ago to show more ads than the 'free' Blue Light & Net Zero did.

Not everyone want to pay to see ads, so newspapers are tak9ng it on the chin.

bunyip · Jun 14, 2019

That is why we don't have foxtel, full of ads plus they dictate viewing times.

Jim Nelson · Jul 13, 2019

Last week my wife went to Sam's Club and bought a house brand sea salt grinder and I was amazed to see that it is now in a glass 14.9 oz. bottle, compared to the 5.5 oz. plastic bottle they went to a few years ago. Maybe things are changing but I doubt it.

Scrambler82 · Jul 14, 2019

Jim Nelson said:
Last week my wife went to Sam's Club and bought a house brand sea salt grinder and I was amazed to see that it is now in a glass 14.9 oz. bottle, compared to the 5.5 oz. plastic bottle they went to a few years ago. Maybe things are changing but I doubt it.

The big question is... "Did it cost three times as much" ?

The big discount stores usually buy what they can for the lowest price, slap on their labels, and usually the big sizes are more for the family.
I like shopping at Costco, but a lot of their product is for a family not for just me and the wife. We have to watch the size of thing if it is perishable , so BIG is not always the best thing... we need a good price for what is being sold.

Jim Nelson · Jul 14, 2019

I asked her and she said that she's pretty sure it's less, so win-win. Salt doesn't go bad so no worries about shelf life.

Diggin It · Feb 29, 2020

I swear I'll never understand prices. On the 20th, I bought 2 x 4 x 8s for $2.74 (before discount, $2.80 or so). Today they were close to $3.50, shelf price. The 4 x 4 x 16 I bought today was slightly more than the one I got at the end of January, but not by quite that much.

On the other hand, I got strawberries today for .99/lb that are the same brand from the same packer in FL as I got last week for $2.50/lb

Yeah, I know, produce isn't lumber.

Then there are the hex driver bits. I can find 1/4" drivers for about $1.50 or more each, sometimes over $2.00 while I can buy a whole set of 9 different sizes for $3.50 or so.

Diggin It · Mar 31, 2021

Years back, I got some 'multi-purpose' wire to use as guy wire and tie downs for lower stress loads around the property. Guyed a couple of small light posts, tied up some bushes, etc. It's a stranded, galvanized wire that holds up well for what I was doing. Had several coils, but have now run out, so I went to get some more. Found it at the same store, same 20G, same 100', but now 4 strand instead of 6 strand and priced a couple of bucks higher. I don't have any of the old packages, so I don't know if they rate it for the same loading or not.

Saw ketchup today. $1 for a small bottle and $3.50 for a bigger one. The unit pricing on the shelf tag showed 4.2 cents per ounce for the little one and 4.5 cents per ounce for the bigger one.

orezok · Mar 31, 2021

I still don't understand how they get 5# of sugar in that 4# bag

the old grind · Apr 1, 2021

"I was in the pool!" George Costanza

Frankenkubota · Apr 1, 2021

(removed) said:
I hear de girls complainin bout shrinkin packages all de time.

Pretty sure it due to high estrogen content in public drinkin water supply.