False Savings!!!
By Anne18
@Anne18 (11029)
May 30, 2008 1:47pm CST
The other week while shopping in Tesco's when I went to buy the week's shopping I noticed that the value squash bottles have changed!! Instead of buying 1 litre, you now buy 1.5 litres, it states that it is double concentrated and you only use half as much!!! Costs I think 54p. ! litre used to cost about 20p!! I konw this is a good idea as it supposely saves packing and is good for the envirement. But surely when making a drink you would just pour in the same amount of squash!! So no savings!! We have actually worked out how much to put in a 1 litre bottle and add water to it so its the same as buying a 1 litre bottle. We are not being mean but we have a strict food budget to go by. Tastes the same! So why not.
This week on doing the weekly shop, they have changed the value kitchen roll. you are now no longer buying four rolls for about £1. (we only buy 1 pkt per week) you are buying two rolls for the same price but they are meant to be a lot bigger! But they are not as wide! So really you will use one roll quicker as you think there is four in the cupboard! Knew where I am coming from??
So savings, I think not!! I dread to think what I will find next week!!??
Any more stories about false savings?? Would love to hear them.
Anne18
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4 responses
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
20 Feb 13
Since you originally started this discussion, there have definately been things they have done to try and make you think you might be saving money, but when you actually stop and take the weight, or product size into consideration compared to the original way and size, it is more. I think it is often just done this way to try and confuse us and make us pay more. It is unreal some of the ways some of the products try to cut back and end up costing us so much more.
@RebeccaScarlett (2532)
• Canada
12 Feb 13
Oh you always have to be careful about this! Companies make it very hard to compare prices...for instance toilet paper there are different numbers of rolls in different packages. You think more rolls for the same price would be a better deal, but read how many sheets are in a roll! And how big are those sheets? You need to take a calculator and understand about square inches to find out how much you are actually buying for your money! And then the "double rolls" that might not actually be twice the size of a standard roll... it never ends.
I see so many "value" sizes that, when you do the math, are actually more expensive than buying 2 or 3 of the little bottles! How can that be when they are the same product and using less packaging? It's because they want to trick you into spending more money! I always take out my cell phone and do the math before I believe that a "value" size is really a better value.
Good job noticing these tricks and keeping them in mind to get a better value for your family!
@nancyrowina (3850)
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31 May 08
I shop in Somerfield and their value range's prices keep going up and down, though I haven't noticed the products changing in size and shape yet. The value yogurts went up by 7p but now are down to only having gone up 5p which I found strange in such a short space of time. I think these value ranges are rejects from other ranges re packaged by our super markets, and because the prices all round are going up they inevitably will too. Sounds like Tesco are using underhand ways to put them up and make people think they are still saving money though.
@paid2write (5201)
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31 May 08
I can see how making something more concentrated or bigger can reduce packaging but it must be reflected in the price. If you are getting more for your money you will benefit from it, but when it means you are actually getting less for your money then I agree it is bad.
I think supermarkets may do this deliberately to hide the fact that prices are increasing all the time. It is not necessarily their fault that prices have to rise, it is more down to fuel costs involved in the transportation of goods, but that is no excuse for them to try and fool people into thinking they are getting a better deal when clearly they are not.
