Would you buy a pack of 9 or 10 for same price??

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knightstyle
knightstyle Posts: 6,990 Forumite
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Well snickers are in packs of 9 or 10, both cost £1.99 however the 10 pack weighs 350gms and the 9 pack weighs 375gms.
All the writing on the front of the packs give no indication that the 10 pack is for smaller bars!

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  • frugalmacdugal
    frugalmacdugal Posts: 10,077 Forumite
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    Hi,

    if they're for throwing at the kids get the ten pack, if for human consumption, get the nine pack.
  • ljonski
    ljonski Posts: 3,337 Forumite
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    Buy both and then weigh them without the wrappers!
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  • frugalmacdugal
    frugalmacdugal Posts: 10,077 Forumite
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    Hi,
    ljonski wrote: »
    Buy both and then weigh them without the wrappers!

    well,

    10 @ 350g = 35g

    9 @ 375g = 41.66g,

    is that naked or with wrapper?
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    I'm not sure whether this is a praise, vent or warning (as written it doesn't seem to be any of them), but given that this is MSE the obvious answer is to buy the 9 pack unless you have a need for 10 bars and buying the 9 pack plus a single extra bar would result in a higher cost per gram.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 31,855 Forumite
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    The new way of confusing customers. Twix bars come in 3 sizes weighing 20, 23 and 25 grammes.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,552 Forumite
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    Its annoying sometimes, especially when they have the item on "offer" you think your getting it cheaper but then find the items are smaller.

    Bought 4 pack chocolate bars from ASDA and Sainsbury's, ordered some stuff from Amazon which is Morrisons and the bars were quoted as being on offer @85p but the bars were smaller.
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