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Default Rip-offs buying larger/bulk packages?

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "John Kane" > wrote
>
> >On Sep 14, 10:21 am, "Jean B." > wrote:

>
> >> Hmmm. I need to see if there's one on my cell phone. But then
> >> there are unrelated units.

>
> >How can there be unrelated units? If you're comparing apples with
> >apples , so to speak, aren't they both in grams or whatever.

>
> If one item has a unit price per pound and the other per ounce,
> you have to do some math to compare. Usually the unit is
> per ounce so you can see at a glance which item is a better
> buy.
>
> nancy


Yep! 16 oz. per lb. so you may have to do some division, but hopefully
you know that! The problems for me comes if I have to convert between
metric and English measurements. How many grams per oz.
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