"Steve Freides" > wrote in message
...
> My wife needs quart-sized "zipper" plastic bags for a project at her
> school and she needed 50 of them. The store, a local Stop 'N' Shop, had
> Hefty Slider Quart Storage Bags.
>
> The box of 30 was $4.95.
>
> The box of 40 was also $4.95.
>
> Who comes up with these things? The sad thing is that some people
> probably bought the smaller package.

Are you sure they were the same type of bag? The freezer bags cost more.

Julie Bove wrote:
> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
> ...
>> My wife needs quart-sized "zipper" plastic bags for a project at her
>> school and she needed 50 of them. The store, a local Stop 'N' Shop,
>> had Hefty Slider Quart Storage Bags.
>>
>> The box of 30 was $4.95.
>>
>> The box of 40 was also $4.95.
>>
>> Who comes up with these things? The sad thing is that some people
>> probably bought the smaller package.
>
> Are you sure they were the same type of bag? The freezer bags cost
> more.

Absolutely identical.

-S-

On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:31:39 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote:
> > "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> My wife needs quart-sized "zipper" plastic bags for a project at her
> >> school and she needed 50 of them. The store, a local Stop 'N' Shop,
> >> had Hefty Slider Quart Storage Bags.
> >>
> >> The box of 30 was $4.95.
> >>
> >> The box of 40 was also $4.95.
> >>
> >> Who comes up with these things? The sad thing is that some people
> >> probably bought the smaller package.
> >
> > Are you sure they were the same type of bag? The freezer bags cost
> > more.
>
> Absolutely identical.
>
Some people would say they don't want 40 and maybe 30 is too many, but
those are the only choices - so they buy the smaller box. <shrug>

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