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Interestingly, considering how passionately you’re defending the “in Sweden” part, shops very often circumvent this law by simply folding the piece of paper tha
by null_object 7y ago
Interestingly, considering how passionately you’re defending the “in Sweden” part, shops very often circumvent this law by simply folding the piece of paper that displays the comparison price so it’s hidden.
This is extremely widespread, if not totally universal when it comes to really expensive items.
No-one ever seems to care or notice - I often unfold the paper so the price shows again, as it’s one of my pet peeves.
- sorenjan 7y agoI've never seen this happen, and I look at the price every time I buy groceries.
- null_object 7y agoWow. This is ridiculously derailing the general discussion, but I don’t know whether you can PM me an email address or something, but when I get back to Stockholm tomorrow I could photograph and send you any number of images showing this happening. It does indicate both how blind Swedes are to the faults in their own country, and how passionately defensive they are though. Edit: This doesn’t seem to me to be highly relevant to the general discussion on shrinkflation, but to avoid the very active downvotes I’ll post to imgur tomorrow evening (when back in town).
- std_throwaway 7y agoYou could post it on a site like imgur and post the link here. No need to derail the discussion.
- sorenjan 7y agoI merely presented anecdata contrary to your experience, that does not in any way indicate any kind of blindness to faults or mean I'm passionately defensive. If you shop in stores that break the law you should take it up with the store manager, store owner, Stockholm's konsumentvägledare [0], or Konsumentverket [1]. They're violating the law [2]. I hope you had a nice vacation outside of Stockholm, no need to add an extra errand to your list when you're back in town. [0] https://www.stockholm.se/ByggBo/konsument/Kontakta-konsumentvagledare/ https://www.stockholm.se/ByggBo/konsument/Kontakta-konsument... [1] https://www.konsumentverket.se/aktuella-konsumentproblem/anmal-till-konsumentverket/anmalan/ https://www.konsumentverket.se/aktuella-konsumentproblem/anm... [2] https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/prisinformationslag-2004347_sfs-2004-347 https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-f...
- kingludite 7y agoHere in NL the stores often display the price per kg. I don't think there is a law but dutch people are just cheap, we feel like we get something extra for free out of it. (joking) At least one supermarket forbids taking pictures tho.
- lawn 7y agoInteresting, I haven't seen (or noticed) this. I'll try to keep an eye open for it, although I mostly shop in a rural area where I suspect is different from Stockholm.