"Melba's Jammin'" wrote:
> George wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>> > blake murphy wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> i'm sure she is. i have a price point for several items. other items
>> >> i
>> >> will bitch and moan and pay anyway.
>> >
>> > My cut off point is where they reduce the size of the package and keep
>> > the old price.
>>
>> Me too, don't insult me with weasel tactics. I can comprehend that costs
>> go up, just leave the 1 lb bag or quart jar or gallon of ice cream the
>> same and increase the price as required.
>
> But that's part of it, George. If a person's 'set point' has been
> reached at $4.99 for a half gallon of whatever and they won't pay more
> than that, they can still have the same *satisfaction-by-food* with a
> little bit less and still not pay more than $4.99. Now, at what point
> does such a person feel the rip-off? I don't know. And there must be
> more of 'them' than you because the manufacturers get by with it.
>
> The problem it presents when cooking is that you can no longer rely on
> an old recipe that calls for six 5-cents Hershey bars. "-)
>
>
Now you're giving away your age... when was the last time you saw 5¢ Hoishey
bars... next yer gonna tell us they were three times the size of today's 75¢
bar and they cost six for 25¢... me, I don't remember that... hehe