• Nougat@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    So you, I dunno, read the label where it shows the net weight, and compare it to other similar products nearby on the same shelf? Hell, most store shelf pricing has price per unit on it now, so you can compare prices pretty directly. Yeah, I get that it’s not completely consistent where that’s implemented, but it’s far and away better than the days of “price gun sticker on item and that’s it.”

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      3 months ago

      Which boils down to ‘make sure you look hard to see how they are trying to trick you’

      And, in that scenario…you blame the people who don’t catch the trick as opposed to the corporation trying to trick people.

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        3 months ago

        The case is clear, you can see how much is in it. How is that deception? And yes, you should read labels. That’s what they’re there for.

        If you were comparing it to something similar and it was different you’d have a case. Not with this particular product though.

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      3 months ago

      I certainly do not do that. Who has time to inspect every item they buy nowadays? Ridiculous.

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        3 months ago

        Literally everyone has the time…

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          3 months ago

          Uh, that’s incorrect. When you’re buying groceries for your family, getting household essentials, cleaning supplies, etc, you’re going to be in and out because you have to get home to make dinner and get ready for work the next day.

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            3 months ago

            Then get scammed I guess…it takes literal seconds to to read things.

            The time it took you to reply on your addiction device could be spend actually being productive by ensuing you aren’t being scammed at stores.

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              3 months ago

              But when you’re buying 40 things? Have other stuff to do? You are being incredibly naive

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            3 months ago

            Do you just blindly grab random objects of the shelf and pretend to be shocked when you get home or something?