Jim Elwell wrote in USMA 22542: > >If customers hate buying in pounds, if he has obsolete equipment, if >he wants to still "ride a horse," why do we need to prosecute him? > >He will go out of business on his own. >
Canadian experience indicate that this won't happen. Retail food scales in XCanada were converted to weigh in kilograms during 1982 and 1983, and loose food was scheduled to be priced by the kilogram or 100 grams in 1084. Before this could happen a Conserevative government came into power and never got around to enforcing the regulations. The Liberal party regained power in 1993 and appears to have lost interest in metrication. Retailers can not be persuaded to stop selling and advertising by the pound. I know because I have tried to persuade many of them to switch to selling by 100 grams. I only persuaded only one retailer to switch, and he went bankrupt soon afterward. I think most customers don't care one way or the other Many delikatessens sell by 100 grams since that seems to be a more appropriate size of unit for their kind of goods.
