13 ms·
In many places in Europe: Normal price per item big letters, price per Kg small letters. Problem solved
by asfodelsu 2y ago
In many places in Europe: Normal price per item big letters, price per Kg small letters. Problem solved
- rickdeckard 2y agoComparable unit-pricing: A mandate brought to you by the European Union. You know, this allegedly evil entity that always hassles with the free market and annoys global companies. /s
- cromulent 2y agoWhilst I am waiting for my number in a chemist, I kill time by finding the highest price per litre. It's normally some anti-aging cream at well over €1000 / l.
- animuchan 2y agoThis is not just EU, in our here Middle Eastern country there's the same law. (And also mandatory "high sugar" warning stickers on unhealthy stuff.) Customer-friendly regulation sure feels nice.
- rvnx 2y agoThe same with this "metric system"
- marcosdumay 2y ago> and annoys global companies Lol... Meta is doing a huge campaign here in Brazil about how they won't provide us their AI services because they are annoyed by that entity. It has been quite a help to the government popularity.
- rickdeckard 2y agoIn Europe Apple follows the same strategy, but in a more subtle way than a full campaign. And sadly, it seems they found some audience...
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- netsharc 2y agoI've seen the "unit price" be per 100g (Especially so you don't notice it's a ton of money per kg) so there's still some screwing around...
- jcynix 2y agoSure but multiplying by ten to get the price per kilo shouldn't be the most complicated thing for even those folks that aren't math savy. It means to move the decimal point (or comma) one place to the right IIRC. If you had to convert from arms to legs or feet like in certain areas of the world, that might be much harder, of course.
- hahamaster 2y agoI prefer prices per 100g because I mostly buy food that's under one kilo. I'm sure they show prices per 100g just to make them look cheaper but in my case I actually prefer it this way.
- tharkun__ 2y agoIt doesn't even matter what unit is chosen as long as it is kept the same across. Comparing Smarties to M&Ms is super easy if both have to use price per pound, price per oz, price per g or price per kg. Who cares if the price per kg would be $0.031.as long as I can see it's $0.028 for the other for the same unit without doing math.
- teapot7 2y agoAustralia too.
- papichulo4 2y agoAh, sensible internationally recognized easy to divide units of weight? No thank you comrade!