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> "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
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> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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> >> "KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >> "B. Anderson" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > On Tue, 22 May 2007 13:49:15 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> >> >> > > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>> It is interesting to note that there are thresholds for the
prices
> >> >> >>> people
> >> >> >>> are willing to pay for some things. Marketing specialists put a
> >> >> >>> lot
> >> >> >>> of
> >> >> >>> effort into understanding those thresholds. When the price of
> >> > something
> >> >> >>> rises above the threshold, consumers stop buying it. So they
pack
> > it
> >> > in
> >> >> >>> smaller units and get the price under that threshold.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Interesting. In one paragraph, you call it deceptive. In another,
> >> >> >>you
> >> >> >>explain why the practice is valid.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > An observation, the marketing gurus may have studied this issue
and
> >> >> > come the conclusion about pricing/packaging practices that you are
> >> >> > defending but the fact that you are the lone voice rationalizing
> >> >> > this
> >> >> > practice in this thrread while most others find it deceptive is
> >> >> > somewhat telling. I'm pretty confident that most consumers when
> > given
> >> >> > the facts (costs vs. packaging vs. thresholds vs. profits), would
> >> >> > prefer to see higher prices than unannounced reductions in size or
> >> >> > weight of the products they buy.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I think the marketing gurus need to revisit this issue.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Until some of the participants in this discussion reveal their job
> >> >> functions, I think we're stalled for the moment. I think you know
why.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > JSP,
> >> >
> >> > Your point is well taken and I expect companies to remain both
> > competitive
> >> > *and* profitable....otherwise the laws of finance come into play and
> > they
> >> > company will die. What I do take issue with is the deceptive means
with
> >> > which they often accomplish this goal. i.e. the way that they
> > intestinally
> >> > reduce the amount of product yield but oftentimes continue to sell it
> >> > in
> >> > the
> >> > same size canister/box/bag as before in an attempt to hide the fact
> >> > that
> >> > the
> >> > consumer is not expected amount of goods. To put it in a way that
> >> > addresses
> >> > the question you have repeatedly posed in this thread.....I do hope
for
> > an
> >> > increase each year, but if I don't receive one, I don't simply cut a
> >> > couple
> >> > of hours out of my time *on the clock* each week to create a higher
> >> > rate
> >> > of
> >> > pay per hour and then make every effort to hide the fact that I'm
> > sticking
> >> > it to the company.
> >> >
> >> > Not to mention that I too have inherited a lot of recipes from my
dear
> > old
> >> > Granny that list ingredients per the package/can/bag...etc with no
> >> > other
> >> > units of measure, so when the old standard packaging is mucked with,
> >> > the
> >> > recipes have to be adjusted as well.
> >> >
> >> > KW
> >>
> >>
> >> A sensible response. But, we still don't have honest answers about the
> >> job
> >> functions of various participants in this discussion. This is important
> >> to
> >> me.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Believe it or not....after my response....I am a sales executive for a
> > large
> > logistics company <G> ...and one of the deciding factors for me in
joining
> > this company was their overwhelming commitment to a high standard of
> > business ethics.
> >
> > KW
>
> That's good. Let's see what some of the others say.
>
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