On Jul 2, 5:01Â*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > On Jul 1, 10:05�am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > > Sheldon wrote:
> > > > Why not just buy powdered milk/detergent?
>
> > > I am *not* buying powdered milk.
>
> > > nancy
>
> > My reply was regarding the shipping costs for water... so what about
> > the powdered detergent. Â*I much prefer the powdered laundry detergent,
> > costs significantly less for more, it weighs less... I'm not paying
> > for plastic jugs, cardboard cartons cost much less. Â*And if ever an
> > unfortunate spillage accident I can scoop/vacuum up powder... if a
> > gallon of liquid tips over use your imagination.
>
> Powdered detergents has fillers in it too. Some shoppers are suckers for
> more weight or greater volume in their purchase, but they are paying for
> fillers not detergent..

Of course, but the powdered fillers weigh very little compared to the
water in the liquid product... and it's the cost of shipping we're
discussing. And actually when buying laundry product the only really
important economic apect is the price per wash load. If a package
indicates say 100 wash loads I get 200 wash loads, because I have a
water softener... and virtually all the detergent and loosened schmutz
gets rinsed out, so my clothes are actually clean while those using
hard water end up with filthy clothes... they only think they
laundered their clothes because they went through the motions.