Sneaky pricing at supermarkets!

MillicentBystander

KimYeovil wrote: »

No one forces you to buy it. Don't.

Nothing sneaky about it. You are a raving hypocritical nutter.

:rotfl: Just got up from your afternoon nap and got out of the wrong side of the camp bed? Talking of nutters, what happened to that absolutely 'psycho' thread you started, Kim?

PS I'm not reporting you for abuse as I figure keeping you engaged on here spares your neighbours from their usual ordeal. It's my idea of free (albeit non-professional) care in the community.

MillicentBystander

zenseeker wrote: »

What's your point? So that mouse is 40p, making the offer look weird, but other items that qualify for that offer cost more than 40p.

Focusing on one item is giving a false impression that the offer is dubious, it isn't, you just need to check the other Onken products that are a part of it.

Whhoosshh. I actually used the pic to highlight just how small the price per litre/kg etc is compared to the actual product price, which is what we were originally 'discussing' (hence the inclusion of the magnifying glass). The fact that it looks 'weird' is just an added bonus.:p

MillicentBystander

stephen77 wrote: »

but price per kg is not the most important part.

Actual price and what it is are more important.
Things like saffron i probably do not want to see the price per kg. Just total price.
If i budget my weeks food for eg £30. I just tot up whats in my trolley and if that comes to £28 and the time I am looking at costs £3 than I am over budget and move on. If it costs £1.50 i can put it in my trolley.

Eh? The whole point about this thread is about the perception of sneaky pricing. If the supermarket is selling 7kg of a product for, say, £5.99 and £10kg of the same product for £8.99, the easiest way to check which is the better offer is to look at the price per kg. Agreed? So, the price per kg should be in a similar size font to the actual product price, If not, it's sneaky. In my example above the punter would be paying more per kg buying the large one than they would buying the smaller one. I was going to claim this isn't rocket science but from the comments I've seen on here from certain posters it clearly is.

jackieb

cheapstuff wrote: »

I always find it annoying that stuff like cotton wool and cotton buds are always cheaper in the baby isle (goes for tesco and boots)

Also for certain items like for example tortilla wraps will be more cheaper in the world foods section then the bakery isle!!

The straws in Tesco are more expensive by the party stuff, than they are in the household section. Exact same box, same straws, apart from the party ones say 'flexible' on them and they're different colours. Both are the flexible type. I've just had a look and they're £1.18 for one, and £1.88 for the other.

And why do they sometimes do one product in price per grammes, and the same product but in a different size is in price per kg? I know it's easy (for most of us) to convert and compare, but it's like they're deliberately wanting to confuse people.

stephen77

MillicentBystander wrote: »

Eh? The whole point about this thread is about the perception of sneaky pricing. If the supermarket is selling 7kg of a product for, say, £5.99 and £10kg of the same product for £8.99, the easiest way to check which is the better offer is to look at the price per kg. Agreed? So, the price per kg should be in a similar size font to the actual product price, If not, it's sneaky. In my example above the punter would be paying more per kg buying the large one than they would buying the smaller one. I was going to claim this isn't rocket science but from the comments I've seen on here from certain posters it clearly is.

I still disagree its not sneaky. Years ago they never gave you this info. Its not required by law. So they are adding it on to allow you to make informative choices. Most people do not care enough anyway.

As I have mentioned bigger does not mean cheaper that you think it is or should be. Its not that simple in lots of instances.

Even if they did not give you the price per kg. You can still work it out.

When i go shopping I can cleary read it and use it to my advantage to give my self the best deal. So i find it helpful and I have no issues in using it.
I have a relative good memory so when in another supermarket I can compare the price per kg from another shop to see where its best to get it again.

I find it really helpful and I do not need to see it in bigger print as my eyesight is good. If the info is to much bigger it will get in the way of other information on the ticket.

Like i said on the cheese isle. I can see a good price from a distance by glancing over all the cheese. When I see a price I like i can move closer to see the price per kg. Then dependant on the pack size I can see if it is a good as price as I first thought.
With to much info in big fonts. I will not be able to skim read over the price. I will have to look more closely.
Thus to me its not sneaky and helps me make informative choice quickly.

stephen77

jackieb wrote: »

The straws in Tesco are more expensive by the party stuff, than they are in the household section. Exact same box, same straws, apart from the party ones say 'flexible' on them and they're different colours. Both are the flexible type. I've just had a look and they're £1.18 for one, and £1.88 for the other.

And why do they sometimes do one product in price per grammes, and the same product but in a different size is in price per kg? I know it's easy (for most of us) to convert and compare, but it's like they're deliberately wanting to confuse people.

Normally its down to serving size/portion size they think people will use.
I would not want to see Safron quoted per kg. It would scare me off.
Some times they can chop and change between kg and 100g. However luckily its only *10 factor. If they were doing per 54.6g then I would agree that would be confusing and pointless.

some times some product are sold as unit rather than weight. eg fruit

jackieb

stephen77 wrote: »

Normally its down to serving size/portion size they think people will use.
I would not want to see Safron quoted per kg. It would scare me off.
Some times they can chop and change between kg and 100g. However luckily its only *10 factor. If they were doing per 54.6g then I would agree that would be confusing and pointless.

some times some product are sold as unit rather than weight. eg fruit

I know it's easy enough for most of us to convert, but they can have, for example, 2 different size bottles of Heinz Ketchup and one will be in price per grammes, and the other will be price in kg. What's the point in that? There's no rhyme nor reason for it.

Pitlanepiglet

It's nice to see that some people have perfect eye sight and the ability to check all shelf labels and make good decisions.

My elderly Dad struggles like hell if he has to shop, he can't bend to look at lower shelf labels and is reliant on the "big price" that is shown. As we know Supermarkets marketing strategy is to put better value items on the lower and higher shelves, for those with limited mobility it's really tricky.

He also just doesn't "get" that prices change all the time and that he needs to check every price. If we're going to talk about ye olde days then the reality is that prices didn't change on a daily or weekly basis, they were priced up manually and mainly stayed the same over a much longer period of time and only changed in line with inflation and the price of ingredients etc.

What gets me is things like Tesco juice - one week the Discount range is cheaper and the next week the Value juice is cheaper - every time I shop I have to check the price of each item because they vary so much and that's the same with a whole range of products.

I suppose it's the price we pay for competition between the supermarkets but it does make it difficult for very many people

MillicentBystander

stephen77 wrote: »

I still disagree its not sneaky. Years ago they never gave you this info. Its not required by law. So they are adding it on to allow you to make informative choices. Most people do not care enough anyway.

As I have mentioned bigger does not mean cheaper that you think it is or should be. Its not that simple in lots of instances.

Even if they did not give you the price per kg. You can still work it out.

When i go shopping I can cleary read it and use it to my advantage to give my self the best deal. So i find it helpful and I have no issues in using it.
I have a relative good memory so when in another supermarket I can compare the price per kg from another shop to see where its best to get it again.

I find it really helpful and I do not need to see it in bigger print as my eyesight is good. If the info is to much bigger it will get in the way of other information on the ticket.

Like i said on the cheese isle. I can see a good price from a distance by glancing over all the cheese. When I see a price I like i can move closer to see the price per kg. Then dependant on the pack size I can see if it is a good as price as I first thought.
With to much info in big fonts. I will not be able to skim read over the price. I will have to look more closely.
Thus to me its not sneaky and helps me make informative choice quickly.

No idea of your current age but let's say fast forward 30 years and you would be claiming the same thing?

stephen77

MillicentBystander wrote: »

No idea of your current age but let's say fast forward 30 years and you would be claiming the same thing?

A) That does not make it sneaky when my eye sight is not as good. Some people will still struggle to see the font size of the prices. Does that make it sneaky as well?
The font size is not to different to lots of information on the packaging of the product.