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DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,065
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So I was at an Asda service station earlier today and one thing has been on my mind. they were selling Sweetzone Fizzy blue rasperry bottles 170 gram tubs for £1.

However they were also selling sweetzone fizzy blue rasperry bottles 805 gram tubs for £5.

now if we multiply 170 by 5 we have 850. So if I bought 5 £1 tubs I would have 850 grams of this sweet for £5
but if I bought the £5 tub I would only have 805 grams.

now obviously I bought the £1 tubs but this has me perplexed are they trying to see how math astute people are and what they can get away with? is this an experiment to see if people dont notice and they can squeeze a little more out of people?

is it not so sinister as this but merely people did not think in regards to the pricing?

I remember there was a different answer to the pot noodle thing when I rang with an enquiry about their nutrition not been consistent the guy was not happy or polite in answering the queery that time.

is it normal for people to notice these things and wonder on food products or am I just weird?

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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,657
    No you are just weird, very, very weird. And if you're considered weird on this forum you are probably off the scale in most peoples reckoning.
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,065
    TheEdge949 said:

    No you are just weird, very, very weird. And if you're considered weird on this forum you are probably off the scale in most peoples reckoning.

    but then all that establishes is that I am an outlier on a distribution, but been an outlier is not necessarily a good or bad thing it can be either or neither. This just means I am an outlier do I have to be exactly normal or exactly average?
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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,657
    Doubleme said:

    TheEdge949 said:

    No you are just weird, very, very weird. And if you're considered weird on this forum you are probably off the scale in most peoples reckoning.

    but then all that establishes is that I am an outlier on a distribution, but been an outlier is not necessarily a good or bad thing it can be either or neither. This just means I am an outlier do I have to be exactly normal or exactly average?
    More of an outlier of reality, but hey whatever twangs your cordwangles dude.
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,065
    TheEdge949 said:

    Doubleme said:

    TheEdge949 said:

    No you are just weird, very, very weird. And if you're considered weird on this forum you are probably off the scale in most peoples reckoning.

    but then all that establishes is that I am an outlier on a distribution, but been an outlier is not necessarily a good or bad thing it can be either or neither. This just means I am an outlier do I have to be exactly normal or exactly average?
    More of an outlier of reality, but hey whatever twangs your cordwangles dude.
    maybe but then at least I dont have this imaginery friend in the sky.
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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,657
    Just several inside your head, and none of them can, it would seem, write a sentence properly. Your sentence should be written as follows.

    Maybe, but then at least I don't have an imaginary friend in the sky.

    Capital M to start the sentence.
    Comma, as we are continuing after the initial statement.
    Apostrophe in don't.
    An, should be used, not "this". "This", intimates something tangible, and therefore cannot be used to describe anything claimed to be unreal or imaginary.
    Imaginary, incorrectly spelt by you.

    Not bad that, a fourteen word sentence with 6 mistakes. At least we know why those rejection letters keep piling up.
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,668
    This reminds me of an old cartoon strip-think it was Peanuts.

    And Lucy had a Sign up-saying "1 for £3. 3 for £10" (or similar).

    And there was a queue of people berating her Maths. Asking how she could possibly be so stupid.

    And Lucy turned to Camera, and said-I used to struggle to sell 1 for £3. Now I find it easy to sell 3 for £9...
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,475
    Essexphil said:

    This reminds me of an old cartoon strip-think it was Peanuts.

    And Lucy had a Sign up-saying "1 for £3. 3 for £10" (or similar).

    And there was a queue of people berating her Maths. Asking how she could possibly be so stupid.

    And Lucy turned to Camera, and said-I used to struggle to sell 1 for £3. Now I find it easy to sell 3 for £9...

    Many years ago we did this selling used tennis balls at a boot fair ('20p each or 4 for £1!') People buy them for their dogs. Lots of people pointed out our 'error' but whilst doing so we managed to get them to buy something else from our stand (we were moving house so had lots of stuff to sell). More depressing was that a few insisted on buying 4 for £1 even when we pointed out the difference!

    Back to the original post our local Jempsons sell Guiness at £12 for 10 (obviously £1.20 each) or cans of 4 for £4.50 (so £1.1250 each). It works out you get an extra can for every 16 that you buy, if you buy the 4 packs. Oh and they're a **** sight tastier than some fizzy blue raspberry s**t!
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,564
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  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 8,996
    Doubleme said:

    TheEdge949 said:

    Doubleme said:

    TheEdge949 said:

    No you are just weird, very, very weird. And if you're considered weird on this forum you are probably off the scale in most peoples reckoning.

    but then all that establishes is that I am an outlier on a distribution, but been an outlier is not necessarily a good or bad thing it can be either or neither. This just means I am an outlier do I have to be exactly normal or exactly average?
    More of an outlier of reality, but hey whatever twangs your cordwangles dude.
    maybe but then at least I dont have this imaginery friend in the sky.
    " Spell Check " is a wonderful thing.

    But "Texting" killed off Grammer......

    Also, the imaginary friend in Sky ....... is not imaginary at all he's this Guy.!


    And we all Worship him. Hic!
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,564
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  • Bean81Bean81 Member Posts: 587
    You're not alone OP. I notice thus sort of thing all the time. I'm assuming the smaller tub is on offer but that's not always the case. It's one of the reasons why supermarkets now have to put the cost per unit or cost per 100g on the price ticket, to enable people to easily compare.

    I regularly bore Mrs Bean in pubs and restaurants about wine pricing. In so many places, the bottle is more expensive than buying separate glasses and a 175ml glass is more expensive per ml than a 125ml glass.
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  • mumsiemumsie Member Posts: 7,937
    Supermarkets often price things so its confusing which one is better value.

    See if you can spot which one is the best value here before peeking.






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  • Bean81Bean81 Member Posts: 587
    The smaller bag is better value per gram if you go to three decimal places. Then the question becomes whether you prefer pieces or halves. And whether the pieces come with inedible bits in the bag.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,564
    Doubleme said:

    So I was at an Asda service station earlier today and one thing has been on my mind. they were selling Sweetzone Fizzy blue rasperry bottles 170 gram tubs for £1.

    However they were also selling sweetzone fizzy blue rasperry bottles 805 gram tubs for £5.

    now if we multiply 170 by 5 we have 850. So if I bought 5 £1 tubs I would have 850 grams of this sweet for £5
    but if I bought the £5 tub I would only have 805 grams.

    now obviously I bought the £1 tubs but this has me perplexed are they trying to see how math astute people are and what they can get away with? is this an experiment to see if people dont notice and they can squeeze a little more out of people?

    is it not so sinister as this but merely people did not think in regards to the pricing?

    I remember there was a different answer to the pot noodle thing when I rang with an enquiry about their nutrition not been consistent the guy was not happy or polite in answering the queery that time.

    is it normal for people to notice these things and wonder on food products or am I just weird?

    There is a simple answer to this.
    Which is that the 170g tubs are on offer.



    SweetZone Fizzy Blue Raspberry Bottles
    170g
    ★★★★★
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    (3)
    Product code: 7416332
    was £1.25now£1.00
    (58.8p/100g)
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,475
    mumsie said:

    Supermarkets often price things so its confusing which one is better value.

    See if you can spot which one is the best value here before peeking.






    From this we can conclude that the worker who smashes the walnuts into pieces is paid the same hourly rate as the one who splits them in half. Understandable really as otherwise the unions would go nuts. I'll get my coat.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,564
    Enut said:

    mumsie said:

    Supermarkets often price things so its confusing which one is better value.

    See if you can spot which one is the best value here before peeking.






    From this we can conclude that the worker who smashes the walnuts into pieces is paid the same hourly rate as the one who splits them in half. Understandable really as otherwise the unions would go nuts. I'll get my coat.
    Do you think that the chopping up, or splitting may be done buy a machine?
    Also the intended use may influence your purchase.
    I am not a big fan of walnuts, but if you intended to just eat them you may go for the halves.
    I dont do much baking either, but if you planned on baking a walnut cake, you may go for the pieces, to save you chopping up the halves.
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  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,475
    edited June 17
    @HAYSIE I need whole walnuts so I'll buy the walnut halves because it's much easier to stick them back together than the walnut pieces. I tried the walnut pieces but it's like trying to solve a mixed bag of jigsaws, I gave up after 14 months. p.s. I think you're right it might well be done by machine p.p.s. my post may have wooshed you.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,564
    Enut said:

    @HAYSIE I need whole walnuts so I'll buy the walnut halves because it's much easier to stick them back together than the walnut pieces. I tried the walnut pieces but it's like trying to solve a mixed bag of jigsaws, I gave up after 14 months. p.s. I think you're right it might well be done by machine p.p.s. my post may have wooshed you.

    I just got my coat.
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  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,065
    HAYSIE said:

    Doubleme said:

    So I was at an Asda service station earlier today and one thing has been on my mind. they were selling Sweetzone Fizzy blue rasperry bottles 170 gram tubs for £1.

    However they were also selling sweetzone fizzy blue rasperry bottles 805 gram tubs for £5.

    now if we multiply 170 by 5 we have 850. So if I bought 5 £1 tubs I would have 850 grams of this sweet for £5
    but if I bought the £5 tub I would only have 805 grams.

    now obviously I bought the £1 tubs but this has me perplexed are they trying to see how math astute people are and what they can get away with? is this an experiment to see if people dont notice and they can squeeze a little more out of people?

    is it not so sinister as this but merely people did not think in regards to the pricing?

    I remember there was a different answer to the pot noodle thing when I rang with an enquiry about their nutrition not been consistent the guy was not happy or polite in answering the queery that time.

    is it normal for people to notice these things and wonder on food products or am I just weird?

    There is a simple answer to this.
    Which is that the 170g tubs are on offer.



    SweetZone Fizzy Blue Raspberry Bottles
    170g
    ★★★★★
    ☆☆☆☆☆
    (3)
    Product code: 7416332
    was £1.25now£1.00
    (58.8p/100g)
    yes thats the one exactly i guess that mystery is solved. although I do see this sought of stuff happening in shops a lot. I guess sometimes people dont check the best price they just grab and go and the natural assumption people can make is that bigger pack means cheaper per unit.

    I think the £5 tub is excessive though, like not in terms of price but in terms of diabetees, I do need to limit my sweets and junk food in this area. I have been on the borderline before and self control can be difficult basically I will just consume what is in front of me. So if I am going to buy the bigger tub it needs to be better value for me then to convince myself that I will portion it out and not eat the whole thing in one sitting. It is not entirely unrealistic to assume I could eat an 800 gram tub in one sitting this might be how I was once on the border line of diabetees.
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