• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Who really wants to use Excel to figure out if the 24-pack of Coca-Cola or the 3 12 packs is a better deal?

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      7 months ago

      I don’t need to, there’s a legal requirement to print prices per liter or kg on every price tag here.

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        7 months ago

        Does this requirement exist for toilet paper? Because I don’t know what the hell is considered a better deal based on all the marketing.

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          7 months ago

          Sadly, no. Paper towels and toilet paper are evil. Different sizes rolls with different amounts of sheets with different layers with different prices.

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        7 months ago

        But if you want to buy only half a kg, you don’t know how much it costs (if you dont know basic maths)- because it only lists the price for a full kg. Do you start pulling out your Excel for that?

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          7 months ago

          Every offer lists how much per kg that offer is. So I do not need any calculations to see which offer is cheaper at all. Why would the price per kilo become useless of I only buy half a Kilo?

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            7 months ago

            Because one is on sale, and they didn’t update the sale price. Or, alternatively, because you don’t want to be an idiot that can’t do basic math.

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            7 months ago

            You don’t know how much you need to pay for it if you only know the price of 1kg but you buy half a kilo.