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This actually puts these people at a disadvantage in real life. Just look at the arbitrary packaging sizes and how effective they are at fooling people into thi
by pluma 12y ago
This actually puts these people at a disadvantage in real life. Just look at the arbitrary packaging sizes and how effective they are at fooling people into thinking they're cheaper or equally expensive just because they're unable to figure out that the "new packaging with 25% extra for free" is actually more expensive than the old packaging that contained a little bit less.
- userbinator 12y agoThere's regulations that mandate unit price information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_price_information_in_supermarkets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_price_information_in_super... ...but even that information is usually printed in a smaller font and can be misleading: http://talkingcents.consumercredit.com/2011/02/23/unit-pricing-and-a-dirty-little-secret/ http://talkingcents.consumercredit.com/2011/02/23/unit-prici... It gives a whole deeper meaning to that classic Barbie utterance: "Maths is hard. Let's go shopping!"