2002-10-11 Any sensible person can just ignore the unit price labels. Since all the wines that are sold here are in multiples of 750 mL, the price comparison is easy. And anyway, who shops for wine by price? Those who like wine will buy by brand or taste.
When I go shopping, I never see anyone looking at those tags. What really catches everyone's eye is the larger ticket that says BONUS CARD SPECIAL Buy xxxx brand yyyy at 2 for 5.00 and save 2.49, blah, blah, blah. Compare this price to zzzz brand, etc. These bonus card tags usually cover up the shelf unit price tags, which are not always updated, or the print is so small only a person with super vision can read them. They may be more referred to in stores in poor neighbourhoods, but not where I live. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-11-10 13:45 Subject: [USMA:23223] RE: It takes a lot of little changes > I hope you have better luck getting a response out of Albertson's than I > did. > > I sent them an email a couple of years ago about their ridiculous unit > pricing on the labels at the edge of their wine and liquor shelves. > > Although wine and liquor containers are exclusively SI and have been so for > years, they show the unit pricing by the ounce. (Yes, they even get the ifp > wrong, confusing ounces and fluid ounces.) > > When I questioned it in the store, one of the responses from an assistant > manager was "I don't understand the metric system." A couple of questions > revealed that he didn't really understand any measurement system. > > My email, which was very polite, elicited no response whatsoever. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On > >Behalf Of John Nichols > >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:32 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:23222] It takes a lot of little changes > > > > > >Dear Albertsons: > > > >You are now selling the 4 litre milk containers that have been > >around since > >Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon (see the milk container in the shot of his > >refrigerator) yet it still has the bulge in the side that changes it to > >one gallon aka 3.79 litres. I object to paying for the plastic for 4 > >litres, the transport for 4 litres of volume and the thought that I am > >incapable making a rational decision to shop in metric. > > > >I use this example in my teaching to classes of 300 undergraduates > >at Texas > >A&M University. Most had no idea of the issue. > > > >Your advice on when you will sell the amount of milk the container was > >designed for would be appreciated. > > > >I shop at your store and no where else. > > > >Thanks for listening > > > >John Nichols > > > >John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional > >Engineer > >Assistant Professor > >Texas A&M University > >Department of Construction Science > >Langford AC > >Rm: A414 MD 3137 > >College Station, TX 77843-3137 > > > >Electronic mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Telephone: 979 845 6541 > >Facsimile: 979 862 1572 > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi > > > >in front a precipice, behind a wolf > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >
