[USMA:50331] RE: U.S. gasoline prices

2011-04-11 Thread a-bruie...@lycos.com
The tenth of a cent deal is due to you taxesBruce E. Arkwright, JrErie PALinux and Metric User and EnforcerI will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar energy have you collected today?Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we dont hav

[USMA:50332] Re: Fw: Interesting Customary Error -- Dove Body Wash

2011-04-11 Thread Remek Kocz
I think unit pricing on shelf labels in NY state is the law, so there obviously was some push for it at some point, suggesting that many consumers did want something like that or at least a consumer agency thought it would have been useful. Many people we know compare per unit pricing when shoppin

[USMA:50333] Metric around the Caribbean

2011-04-11 Thread Remek Kocz
On my recent trip to the western Caribbean, I had a chance to make a few stops in the region. While the usual suspects like Mexico are unabashedly metric, places with strong US influence are a mixed bag. The Honduran island of Roatan is a playground for the rich from the US, and it has a booming

[USMA:50334] Re: Fw: Interesting Customary Error -- Dove Body Wash

2011-04-11 Thread John M. Steele
Michigan has a voluntary unit pricing law.  I Googled but can't find good details.  Shelf-edge labels are permitted as an alternative to labels on every can, and those shelf edge labels may (but don't have to) include a unit price as well as an item price.  Most large stores use the voluntary p

[USMA:50335] RE: U.S. gasoline prices

2011-04-11 Thread Carleton MacDonald
I think rather it’s due to pandering to consumer stupidity – thinking somehow that 4.199 is somehow a whole lot lower than 4.20. The technical term for this is “marketeering”. http://ask.yahoo.com/20050915.html Carleton From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.ed