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Thursday 7 June 2012

Size Does Matter

When you buy something, do you check the size of the product? I'm sure that many of you don't.

Well, let me tell you, size does matter. Don't be fool by the lower price item. Check the contents. The lower priced item may contain less. Let's take Nestlé Milo Fuze 3 in 1 Original as an example. We have observed that the following are the available sizes:
30g x 8
30g x 20
30g x 30
33g x 8
33g x 20
33g x 30

See the difference of 3g? This is a difference of 10%. So, when you pay 10% less,  check whether you have gotten 10% less.

Another type of products that have confusing sizes are shampoos. 340ml vs 360ml may look insignificant but that is a 5% difference. The packaging will definitely look the same and you will not notice this unless you note it done (we don't until we started collecting prices for SaversHub.com).

For toothpaste, we have observe the following sizes: 200g, 225g, 250g. That's a difference of 10%.

Our advice, look carefully at the packaging. However, this is not an easy task. The weight/volume specification may be written anywhere on the packaging. Since there is no standard on where it should be located, I myself had a hard time finding it.



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