Are you good at Toilet Paper Mathematics?

When my husband was alive I just hated going shopping with him. A real pain. He would actually look to see how many sheets were on each roll and I would stand there pushing the trolley back and forth thinking, 'What does it matter, just pick up the store brand'. This is exactly what I do buy a large pack 24 rolls - of the store brand as it is usually cheaper than the rest.

I don't worry about that kind of stuff. Usually I go by what my favorite brand is. I don't buy toilet paper anymore, someone else does, but when I was buying it, it was my favorite brand and it didn't matter much because a big 12 pack lasted a month between the two of us. However, I know when the time comes that I'm buying it again, I'll do all the factoring in. If it's not soft enough I'll use more... if it's too soft I might be tempted to use more... I'm picky with my toilet paper.

Nope. I get a 4 pack of the Giant's double roll every other week or so. It costs 2.00 It lasts me about two weeks.

I usually pick up the giant box of like 40 rolls at Sam's Club. It is about $19 and it lasts us close to forever it seems. I might be able to get a better deal somewhere else, but buying that much at once just saves me from having to buy it again for a long time.

Nope, I pretty much just stick with the same brand. I buy the 12 double roll pack of Angel Soft for about $6. If I see another brand that I know is good and it is on special I might try to figure out if it's a better deal, but I won't really sit there and do too many calculations. I generally just know whether or not it's cheaper.. call it a woman's 6th sense.

Actually no, I normally purchase my TP either at BJ's or Costco, I prefer to buy the big pack which I consider it less expensive than any other store, but I never really done the calculation. I just grab a pack and go personally I don't think I am good at TB math, with children I don't have the time to be doing any calculations, it's usually grab and go.

Hey bro! Whaz up? So we have a "TP" discussion~ok. I didn't do too well in math and don't have the patience to try to figure out the calculations per roll so what I basically do is look for the best sale prices and see what I can get the most for the least, but at a decent quality? Did that come out right? I am definitely pretty good at looking for "bargains/sales"! I've learned how to shop over the years so even though I might not be "exact" I can still pick out a "good deal" most of the time! And I make the "BF" pay for the TP anyway!

I am terrible with TP math...LOL...I usually stick to the same couple of brands that I have always used. If I can catch a sale..well..that's even better. It would be no fun to try a cheaper brand and suffer the consequences

Your discussion remains me a chapter of a 16th century French author, Rabelais, that has been translated in English and can be found at project Gutenberg : http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1200/1200-h/p1.htm#2HCH0013 It is a bit crude, but I cannot resist in this "have fun" interest to give the conclusion of this chapter called "How Gargantua's wonderful understanding became known to his father Grangousier, by the invention of a torchecul or wipebreech" and published in 1532 : "to conclude, I say and maintain, that of all torcheculs, arsewisps, bumfodders, tail-napkins, bunghole cleansers, and wipe-breeches, there is none in the world comparable to the neck of a goose, that is well downed, if you hold her head betwixt your legs. And believe me therein upon mine honour, for you will thereby feel in your nockhole a most wonderful pleasure, both in regard of the softness of the said down and of the temporate heat of the goose, which is easily communicated to the bum-gut and the rest of the inwards, in so far as to come even to the regions of the heart and brains." As they don't sell this sort of TP today, I make a reasonable stock -- not a full cart -- of ordinary paper when needed, and I don't really do TP maths. Sorry.

wow! i never thought you are having problems with that. well, here in the philippines, i guess it's not much an issue to talk about. cause we just use tissues as for sneezing or crying your heart out. but in toilet, well we just use it in public comfort rooms. if we are at our houses we do wash with water and soap. tissue is not much convenient for us to save also money on that.

I've done that kind of calculation on how many number of ply sheets on a roll, how many rolls in a package between different brand names. wrote down that mathematic information and went home did my calculation to get the best price. After that I know what the best price for my TP is when I purchase it.