Buyers Beware

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Well htis morning on the news I heard about some companies charging customers the same price but cutting back on the amounts of products. One of them they spefically mentioned was Tropicana Orange Juice. Orignially it was 96 ounces and now the "new and improved" bottle design holds 89 ounces but customers are paying the same price. Well, as I was listening to this I thought no big deal I always look at the ounces and compare prices....well they got me, because the next example was Wrigley's Spearmint gum (which I am addicted to) and their new product design...the original package held 17 sticks of gum...the new package design holds only 15 sticks....for the same price. So if you guys out there are on a budget make sure you look at the size of the product and go by unit price. Alot of stores list the cost per unit, like Krogers, and that helps a lot. I guess this is their way of making the same amount of moeny and giving us less....which sounds like a ripoff to us. And the reporter pointed out that most shoppers do not pay attention to the downsizing of the product because they are either looking for the cheapest price or they are distracted by the new design of products. So I hope this helps everyone.