Modern 'Cons'

kymbogs

jennihen wrote: »

Cat milk - my youngest wants to know how you milk a cat!!!

Very carefully

luxor4t

LemonGrove wrote: »

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2523012/Already-boiled-eggs-go-on-sale-in-Asda-and-Waitrose.html

These.

Oooooh, can't wait to show that to my 77 year old dad tomorrow: he'll do his Mr Angry rant & feel good for the rest of the day

milliemonster

Face creams containing completely unpronouncable ingredients (that are surely made up) like boswelox, I believe we have already had pentobloody peptides fruits acids AHA's monkey spit etc and charge an absolute fortune for it when at the end of the day, not smoking, staying out of the sun and slapping something like e45 on your face is just as good.

Practically all the contents of Betterware/Kleeneze catalogues - why anyone would want a plastic spoon rest to put your teaspoon onto to stop the worktop getting dirty when you've just made a cuppa is beyond me, or a 'park a plug' and don't get me started on the carrier bag holder that neatly fits inside your kitchen cupboard to stuff all your carriers in that cost something like twenty quid.

Low fat treats like 'go ahead' bars that actually have a higher fat ratio than a mars bar but clever marketing makes us think they are healthier.

Pre cooked pancakes FGS! how hard is it to mix up a bit of milk and flour and slap it into a FRYING PAN?

taxiphil

Cat food in pouches. The marketing men are laughing their heads off at this one.

Gram for gram it's about triple the price of exactly the same brand in a tin. So it's like paying £1.80 a tin instead of 60p. In other words, more expensive than tinned steak or salmon.

People seem to have fallen for this because they only look at the unit cost, not the cost-to-weight ratio. When you point out to people just how much of a rip off it is, they always say "oooh, but my cat prefers it, and won't go back to tinned food". Absolute rubbish! Trust me - a cat would not starve itself to death if faced with a choice between tinned food or nothing at all.

And people say "oooh but pouches are more convenient". Just how difficult can it be to open a tin and spoon out the contents? Does the "convenience" aspect really justify spending £900 a year on food instead of £300?

bobbly`

"collectors" magazines - especially the ones aimed at children.

They normally charge 99p for the first 2 or 3 then the price jumps up to £4.99 by which time, you need to get them all to build a model\complete the collection of toy dogs etc.

Also collectors cards (I'm thinking especially of things like the Dr Who\Club penguin cards - the amount of times my son opens a packet and all I hear is "got it, got it,got it, got it, oooh, a shiny, got it, got it...." - 99p for 1 card he hasn't got!!!

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packaged bread with a few seeds on the top, sold at a `finest` price

so called sourdough bread made with a tiny bit of starter and vinegar. I dried some left over once and the small of acetic acid was overpowering

Enigmatic_Me

What about the "pledge wipes", "flash wipes" etc. I have never bought these and never will. Nothing wrong with the old spray polish, duster and feather duster. Oh and nothing wrong with a good old cloth and kitchen/bathroom cleaner instead of the wipes which they sell at ridiculous prices.

MrsE_2

Beaker99 wrote: »

Something I've been wondering about, and finally thought of posting..

Companies naturally try to find ways to make more money out of their products, increasing their profits. It's what they do. But can we list the biggest 'modern cons'?

I'll start with my first one.. The Washing powder / dishwasher tablet.

Amazing modern invention, but what does it do for you, other than make you spend more money??.. so let's look at the dishwasher version. Starting with brand name tablets, typically 23p/tablet (on Qty30), Sainsbury's basics tablets 5.7p/tablet (Qty 30), but let's go all 'old fashioned at look at good 'ol powder.. Sainsbury's regular powder, £6.32/3Kg - that's 150 loads (my dishwasher needs 20g/load) - which is 4.2p/load -If you want to use a branded powder, that's 4.7p/load - that's a saving of nearly 80%!!

So, I give you the first modern 'con' - the tablet.

-The costs were taken from mysupermarket.com 10/10/09

I can be a bit heavy handed with doses & I find that pre-measured tablets work out well for me.

MrsE_2

sugarbabe61 wrote: »

What about the "pledge wipes", "flash wipes" etc. I have never bought these and never will. Nothing wrong with the old spray polish, duster and feather duster. Oh and nothing wrong with a good old cloth and kitchen/bathroom cleaner instead of the wipes which they sell at ridiculous prices.

I think these are really handy.

The polish & window ones mean no smelly cloths hanging about.

The bathroom & loo ones are great, I keep one of each in the bathroom under the sink & I can whip it around the sink or loo seat & chuck it in the loo for a quick freshen up:D

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MrsE wrote: »

I think these are really handy.

The polish & window ones mean no smelly cloths hanging about.

The bathroom & loo ones are great, I keep one of each in the bathroom under the sink & I can whip it around the sink or loo seat & chuck it in the loo for a quick freshen up

watch out all that chucking in the loo. We, on this development, had a big, costly sewage blockage caused by cotton wool balls, buds and wipes that didn`t disintegrate