Make No Beans About These Eggs

Agreed.

But it's so CHEAP, Carol!

"This product is a joke in my opinion." @CarolDM That would be my thought as well. I can't believe people actually buy this. I mean, aside from the cost, it's just not that hard to scramble an egg.

I have not used that word in ages. Rook. But yep. It's a rook all right.

@porwest Ah yes … it's one I like. That and racket lol

@FayeHazel You will have me saying rook all the time now.

Indeed it is. It's just crazy to me. But people don't look at unit cost. They just think wow that's easy and convenient, and then shell over the money having no idea. Those same people would pass up a piece of filet mignon not wanting to pay the price without knowing they might be able to afford it if they could afford this. lol

From time to time, sir. It's probably the writer in me. Maybe. Just maybe. lol

@Writingghost It is. And unfortunately most of the time it's people who cannot afford it doing it.

Yeah, we get easily bamboozled with a lot of this packaged stuff. Some of it is reasonable. This egg product is surely not one of them. And they are still on the shelves and people continue to buy them. They are idiots, of course.

It is amazing what some people are willing to pay for convenience.

Cooking, to me, is just WAY too easy. And so much cheaper. I don't really know why people fall for this sort of thing, but they do everyday, and you gotta hand it to the marketing departments. They know stupid like you wouldn't believe.

@MommyOfEli2013 Cooking is super easy when you know what you are doing. Just saying.

@porwest I don't think cooking is way too easy, but it's not so hard that this seems to be the miracle fix lol. But there are many dumb products out there!

People are stupid, and stupid is what stupid does. I hate to put it into those harsh terms, but it is just the truth. Marketers are all too aware of how many people simply do not pay attention, and the term "A fool and his money will soon be parted" is not just a saying, it is an actual marketing strategy. Look, Coca-Cola has been doing this for YEARS. The price of a 20 ounce Coke is the SAME as a 2-Liter bottle. BUT, Coca-Cola also knows if someone is out and about and wants some soda to wet their whistle, they are NOT going to buy a 2-Liter bottle, they are going to buy an ice cold 20 ounce Coke. One 20 ounce bottle of Coke? About $1.59. That 2-Liter bottle costs about the same. And in fact, SOMETIMES it's less. Coca-Cola makes way more money selling convenient 20 ounce bottles than 2-Liter bottles, and so the price has NOTHING to do with the actual cost of the product. It has EVERYTHING to do with what the consumer is willing to spend.

@porwest There you are then it seems like you have convinced him somewhat about it all.

@lovinangelsinstead21 Or he has just moved on.

Not sure if I persuaded him, but I have not seen him eat these in a while. Maybe he figured it out.

As I often like to say, and will never back down from; there is a reason people are poor, and it's not by accident. The people least likely to afford certain things are the ones most likely to spend more on everything. K-Cups are a good example of that. A K-Cup 10x's the cost of cup of coffee, and yet, you will find a Keurig in the home of someone who has no money. It makes no sense, but it does make sense why they have no money.

...but love suckers.

@porwest I guess any improvement is better than none.

Surprisingly enough, over the years he has started to take a lot of my advice. I guess when the proof is in the pudding that I know a thing or two about money matters, one starts to listen more. He's still mostly an idiot when it comes to money. But he's gotten better.

@JudyEv Suddenly, as he gets older, he realizes that retirement is actually a thing and he doesn't have much saved for it, so he's getting the picture a bit. Plus, he watched me retire at 50 and it was an added, "Oh, you must be on to something." lol

Not really. When it comes to most things money, he is an idiot.